House Bill 10 Sponsor Statement: “Executive Ethics: Legal Fees/Family Travel”
Link to the House Bill 10 Sponsor Statement from the Office of Rep. Max Gruenberg
Read More →House Bill 9 Sponsor Statement: “Secured Transactions and Funds Transfers”
Link to the House Bill 9 Sponsor Statement from the Office of Rep. Max Gruenberg
Read More →NEWS: Democrats Introduce Oil Tax Alternative
Reduction for Production: Bill Targets New Oil in the Pipe and Protects Alaska
JUNEAU – House and Senate Democratic legislators introduced legislation today to grant tax concessions to oil producers who put new oil into the pipeline. The bill (SB50, HB 111) targets tax incentives to new fields and to new development in existing fields, and it offers other incentives outside the tax code to spark new development.
Read More →BREAKING: Democrats Press Conference - Oil Tax Alternative
House and Senate Democrats to hold press conference today to introduce oil tax alternative
WHAT: Democratic legislators Press Conference to introduce their oil tax alternative
WHEN: 12:00 noon, Monday, February 11, 2013
WHERE: Butrovich Room, State Capitol
TELECONFERENCE: From Juneau: 463-5009
Outside Juneau: 855-463-5009
NEWS: Democrats Introduce School Funding Measure
Alaska’s Schools Need a Lasting Commitment to Build on Successes
JUNEAU – Today, House Democrats introduced legislation to make a lasting commitment to Alaska’s schools by guaranteeing inflation will not lead to more school staff cuts. Nine members of the House Democratic Caucus signed on to the legislation.
Read More →PRESS RELEASE: Democrats Push Same Day Voter Registration: Want More People Voting, Not Fewer
(JUNEAU) - Today a group of Democrats announced they are filing a bill to increase the number of Alaskans who vote. Their bill will allow Alaskans to register the same day they vote. The bill contrasts with efforts we saw leading up to the 2012 election. That effort was pushed by the corporate-funded GOP leaning group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and others to lower voter turnout by requiring additional forms of identification not currently required in Alaska. ALEC is funded by companies like the foreign drug-maker Bayer, drug-maker Abbott Labs, and over a hundred large corporations.
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