Washington, D.C.— Wednesday, Representative Peltola announced the 15 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests that she will submit to the relevant House Appropriations subcommittees in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget cycle. CPF requests are budget requests submitted by members of the House of Representatives to support specific projects in their districts. Only certain accounts which […]
JUNEAU – Legislation by Fairbanks Rep. Ashley Carrick defining electric-assisted bicycles (E-Bikes) in Alaska statute and specifying that E-Bikes be regulated as bicycles passed the House Monday with bipartisan support on a vote of 39-1. E-Bikes are becoming increasingly common as a means of transportation and recreation, yet their legal status remains uncertain. House Bill […]
Revenue is Sufficient for Education, Infrastructure, Healthy Families, PFD JUNEAU – With lack of meaningful progress on a fiscal plan, the House passed an unfunded operating budget on a vote of 23-17 today. Alaska House Coalition members voted against needless spending, against using savings, and now urge the Senate to fix the structural deficiencies and […]
Approval greenlights another carbon bomb, one of the largest U.S. infrastructure projects ever proposed ANCHORAGE – Thursday the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would grant approval for the exports from the proposed Alaska LNG project, a $38.7 billion fossil-fuel infrastructure plan to export liquified natural gas (LNG). It would be capable of exporting […]