{"id":2144,"date":"2012-04-07T23:13:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T07:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2012-04-19T10:11:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T18:11:03","slug":"capital-budget-advances-economic-development-for-southeast-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/?p=2144","title":{"rendered":"Capital Budget Advances Economic Development for Southeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Senate Finance Committee\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/040712_Capital_Budget_Released.pdf\">released<\/a> its version of the state&#8217;s Capital Budget, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.ak.us\/basis\/get_bill.asp?bill=SB%20160&amp;session=27\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 160<\/a>.\u00a0 In my role as Co-Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, I am responsible for presiding over the Senate&#8217;s work on the budget. \u00a0The Capital Budget appropriates money for roads, schools, and public works infrastructure. \u00a0Along with the Operating Budget, it is the only bill the Legislature is required to pass.\u00a0 This year\u2019s Capital Budget totals $2.63 billion, including numerous projects for Southeast Alaska.\u00a0 Capital spending stimulates private sector employment and has a tremendous impact on Alaska\u2019s local economies.\u00a0 For an entire list of the projects included in the FY2013 Capital Budget for District A and the Southeast region, click <a href=\"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Capital-Budget-District-A-List3.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate reviewed this year\u2019s Capital Budget using a thorough, public process.\u00a0 The Finance Committee held 16 hearings and received comment and <a href=\"http:\/\/gavelalaska.org\/media\/?media_id=SFIN120321C\" target=\"_blank\">testimony<\/a> from hundreds of Alaskans.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate has taken the lead in responsibly managing the state\u2019s finances, while creating jobs and economic prosperity in our region.\u00a0 Our approach has been to save first then spend money on district projects.\u00a0 During the past six years, we&#8217;ve added over $10 billion to state savings. \u00a0For every dollar added to the Capital Budget this year, four dollars were added to savings.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Capital Budget includes a number of important items for Southeast Alaska.\u00a0 These include expansion of our region\u2019s marine infrastructure, funding to improve health and public safety, enhanced vocational and workforce development, and a major step forward in expanding Southeast Alaska\u2019s road network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the Senate Finance Committee\u00a0released its version of the state&#8217;s Capital Budget, Senate Bill 160.\u00a0 In my role as Co-Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, I am responsible for presiding over the Senate&#8217;s work on the budget. \u00a0The Capital Budget appropriates money for roads, schools, and public works infrastructure. \u00a0Along with the Operating Budget, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[47,129],"class_list":["post-2144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-capital-budget","tag-savings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2144"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2253,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2144\/revisions\/2253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}