JUNEAU – Friday, Senator Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) released the findings of a research report he requested reviewing profit data recently released by ConocoPhillips. The legislature’s non-partisan research division determined that, “On a barrel of oil equivalent (BOE), Alaska is the most profitable region for the company by a wide margin” in the first quarter of 2018. […]
JUNEAU – Saturday, the Alaska State Legislature passed SB 134 by Senate Democratic Leader Berta Gardner (D-Anchorage). The legislation clarifies that a parent who chooses to keep a child conceived through rape can sever ties with the rapist, if approved by the court and in the best interest of the child. In 1987, the Legislature passed […]
JUNEAU – Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) introduced and passed a Sense of the Senate Friday supporting net neutrality principles and urging the United States Congress to use its authority under the Congressional Review Act to overturn the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) decision to repeal net neutrality. The Congressional Review Act grants Congress the authority to […]
Sunday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee planned to hear three bills that would preserve the Permanent Fund Dividend and protect public safety. Instead, these bills were effectively killed by the Senate Majority. On Friday, Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) and two other committee members sent a letter to Senate President Pete Kelly (R-Fairbanks) asking that the […]
