Senate Advances Unemployment Insurance Extension to Debate
In a vote of 60-37, the Senate narrowly passed a temporary extension of jobless benefits allowing the bill to clear the first hurdle towards a final vote in the Senate.
Rep. Tarr Elected State Director for National Non-Partisan Women’s Group, Women in Government
Representative Geran Tarr was elected as 2014 State Director with Women In Government by her fellow state legislative colleagues this past year. State directors help ascertain important issues in their states so that Women In Government can tailor programming to these needs.
Sustainable Education Task Force Releases Draft Recommendations
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014, Wasilla, Alaska – The Alaska House of Representatives’ Task Force on Sustainable Education announce the release of its draft recommendations, as called for in House Resolution 8, which created the task force and set forth its work.
Mallott Calls for Focus on Realistic Projects — and Put Knik Arm Crossing on Ice.
Last week Gov. Sean Parnell announced that he intends to pursue construction of the Knik Arm bridge with state and federal funds. The project, managed by the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority (KABATA), with an estimated construction cost of well over a billion dollars, was the subject of a scathing legislative audit last year.