JUNEAU – Monday the Senate passed House Bill 96 by Representative Mike Prax (R – North Pole), creating a Home Care Employment Standards Advisory Board, in a vote of 19 to 1. The bill creates the foundation for strong senior care infrastructure within our state by expanding access to affordable home and community-based care, […]
JUNEAU – Tuesday SB 249 by Senator Cathy Tilton (R – Wasilla) – establishing a Consumer Bill of Rights for cryptocurrency kiosks – passed the House in unanimous vote. The consumer protections offered by the bill include mandatory fraud warnings, requiring kiosk licensing, daily and monthly transaction limits, a transaction fee cap, law enforcement […]
Juneau, AK — Wednesday, the Alaska Legislature passed House Joint Resolution 18 (HJR 18), expressing strong support for a state natural gas pipeline and calling on the federal government to expedite its development. Sponsored by Rep. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, and Sen. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, and supported by a broad coalition of state lawmakers, the […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska), Monday celebrated an announcement from Santos and Repsol that first oil has been produced at the Pikka development on Alaska’s North Slope. “This is one of the most significant achievements on the North Slope in decades and further cements the region’s […]