April Legislative Update: The Operating Budget House Bill (HB) 268
By Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak
The Legislature has been focused on the Governor’s proposed budget. Last week, the House Finance Committee considered 100 amendments to...
Legislature focus is on education, governor’s executive orders
By Rep. Louise Stutes
Two topics have dominated the legislature this year: education and the governor’s executive orders.
Education funding
On March 14, Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed...
Five commissioner appointments confirmed
Alaska legislators have confirmed five state commissioners appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, along with the appointment of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune to be...
Operating budget passes House with $759M deficit
By Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
I hope this finds you well and in good spirits. I wanted to provide a short legislative...
Bipartisan bill would provide patients with safe access to treatments
Eighteen members of Congress, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, are supporting legislation that they say places reasonable limits on use of step therapy and...
Legislation supports women’s rights to choose
A bipartisan group of four U.S. senators, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, recently reintroduced legislation to protect women’s rights to access both contraception and...
AMHS funds still intact, but millions vetoed for other projects
Speaker of the House Louise Stutes writes: Now that the operating budget has been signed, I wanted to provide you with a brief update on the governor’s vetoes. Last Tuesday, the governor signed the operating budget after penning over $400 million in vetoes. Including those reductions, this year’s budget still represents a $2.7 billion increase over last year.
Legislative Update: Cordova fares well in budget passed by Legislature
"Overall, I am pleased with how Cordova fared in the budget. Aside from healthy Alaska Marine Highway System and Department of Fish and Game budgets, we received $21.8 million for the Cordova airport rescue and firefighting building replacement, $5.9 million for the Prince William Sound Science Center, a $200,000 reappropriation to the center that was previously vetoed, as well as $3 million for Cordova’s south harbor replacement."
Legislative Update: Operating budget now in hands of Senate; other bills under consideration
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
I wanted to update you on the operating budget, Board of Fisheries confirmations, as well as other bills under consideration by...
Public testimony on House operating budget is Friday
Public testimony on the House Operating Budget is this Friday, March 4, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the House Finance Committee. The Cordova Legislative Information Office (LIO) will be open for public testimony during that time.
