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 […]
“Never in American history has a president pursued corruption this brazenly or on such a colossal scale,” wrote Reps. Jamie Raskin and Richard Neal. Top Democrats on a pair of panels in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday demanded that Justice and Treasury department leaders answer for how they settled President Donald Trump’s $10 billion […]