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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski addressed a joint session of the State Legislature yesterday.  I had the pleasure of escorting Senator Murkowski into the House Chamber.   Senator Murkowski spoke on several issues of importance to Alaska and our […]

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Today I presented Senate Bill (SB) 178 to the Senate State Affairs Committee.  I introduced this legislation as a Senate Finance Committee bill so the Legislature can have a serious discussion about how we manage the state’s savings accounts.  High […]

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This week, I was pleased to welcome to Juneau representatives from the Southeast community of Ketchikan.  With around 13,500 residents, Ketchikan is the largest community in Senate District A, which I represent.  The delegation made their annual visit […]

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Today the Senate Finance Committee passed out Senate Bill 171 which would establish a three year increase in funding for schools through the Base Student Allocation (BSA) funding formula.  The BSA increased by less than 2% per year […]

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Today the Senate Resources Committee will be hearing the third installment of a three-part overview  of the recently handed down Gleason Decision. This important decision, which was handed down in December by Judge Sharon Gleason of the Alaska […]