Representative Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) today welcomed the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board’s unanimous adoption of “Erin’s Policy.” The measure directs the district to teach students techniques for recognizing and reporting sexual abuse, and train teachers and staff to recognize signs of abuse and how to respond to them. The Board approved the policy at […]
Representative Les Gara (D-Anchorage) said today the public should know the Parnell Administration never revealed a special interest provision in Senate Bill 21 that nets Alaskans nearly no production tax value, or even a negative worth for Alaska’s oil. “Negative or zero oil tax value on all future oil fields, and all fields after 2003, was never […]
Election concerns won out over those of the environment and health in Colorado today as Democrats there pulled two controversial initiatives from the ballot on the day of the deadline for submission. The initiative would have severely restricted the use of fracking to draw natural gas from its location in shale deposits. The measures would […]
After failing to bring enough conservative members of the U.S. House on board, GOP leaders abandoned their $659 million border bill vote on Thursday. With Democrats opposing the bill and a large number of Republicans opposed to sending more fuinds to the White House for the bill, the vote was tabled, House Republicans will meet […]