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Legislature Approves Operating & Capital Budgets, COVID-19 Emergency Funding

By Daniel McDonald | AkLeg on Mar 29, 2020   Featured, Politics, State  

Legislature Approves Operating & Capital Budgets, COVID-19 Emergency Funding

  JUNEAU – The Alaska Legislature early this morning approved the state’s operating and capital budgets for the upcoming 2021 fiscal year, and emergency funding to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. House Bill 205 totals $4.74 billion in state unrestricted general funds. It holds operating expenses relatively flat at $4.62 billion; provides $120 million […]

Protests in Iraq Flare Up as Government Faces Mounting Pressure

By VOA on Nov 18, 2019   Featured, National, National/World  

Protests in Iraq Flare Up as Government Faces Mounting Pressure

Anti-government protestors rallied in Baghdad and in areas south of the capital Wednesday as the Iraqi government faces mounting pressure to respond to weeks of demonstrations. After easing for a few days following a crackdown by security forces in Baghdad and in major southern cities, the demonstrations flared Wednesday. As protestors threw tear gas cannisters […]

Senator Begich Comments on Governor Dunleavy’s Capital Budget Vetoes

By Noah Hanson | AKLEG on Aug 9, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

Senator Begich Comments on Governor Dunleavy’s Capital Budget Vetoes

  ANCHORAGE – Thursday, Governor Dunleavy announced his vetoes to the Capital Budget, Senate Bill 2002. Among Governor Dunleavy’s 27 line-item vetoes are addiction treatment facilities, homelessness assistance, weatherization, and the Interior gas project. Senate Bill 2002 passed the Senate unanimously on July 20, 2019, and the House on July 29, 2019, on a vote […]

Dunleavy Signs Capital Budget – Funding for Public Safety, Programs and Services for Alaskans, and State Highway and Transportation Match

By Matt Shuckerow | Office of the Governor on Aug 8, 2019   Featured, State  

Dunleavy Signs Capital Budget – Funding for Public Safety, Programs and Services for Alaskans, and State Highway and Transportation Match

  (Anchorage, AK) – Today, at the Associated General Contractors of Alaska office in Anchorage, Governor Michael J. Dunleavy signed into law Senate Bill 2002, the Fiscal Year 2020 capital budget which properly captures nearly $1 billion in federal transportation and infrastructure funding, provides necessary resources to enact public safety legislation, and reinstates funding for […]

House of Representatives Schedules Final Vote on Capital Budget

By Austin Baird | Akleg on Jul 26, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

House of Representatives Schedules Final Vote on Capital Budget

  Legislation enables state to receive $1 billion in federal funding, restores UA scholarships JUNEAU – The Alaska House of Representatives on Monday will hold a third and final vote on legislation funding the capital budget, which would enable the state to receive $1 billion in federal funding for highway and construction projects. The vote […]

We Need One More Yes Vote

By Representative Chris Tuck on Jul 23, 2019   Op/Ed and the Editor  

We Need One More Yes Vote

  Dear Neighbors, Today, for the second time, the Alaska House of Representatives failed to fund a new capital appropriations bill that allows Alaska to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. The funding for the bill failed Monday by a single vote. Senate Bill 2002 also included the much talked about “reverse […]

House of Representatives to Hold Second Vote on Bill That Funds Capital Budget

By Austin Baird | Akleg on Jul 22, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

House of Representatives to Hold Second Vote on Bill That Funds Capital Budget

  ‘There is still a chance to pass this budget, which is absolutely essential to our citizens and economy’ JUNEAU – Sunday, all 23 members of the Alaska House Majority voted to pass legislation that would fund the capital budget ahead of a key July 31 deadline, part of an effort to prevent the state […]

Senate Democratic Leader Praises Unanimous Passage of Capital Budget

By Noah Hanson | AKLEG on Jul 20, 2019   Featured, Politics, State  

Senate Democratic Leader Praises Unanimous Passage of Capital Budget

  JUNEAU – Today, the Alaska State Senate passed a Capital Budget unanimously for the second time this year. The Capital Budget, Senate Bill 2002, now heads over to the House of Representatives for consideration. The capital budget is vastly similar to the bare bones version that passed June 13, 2019, which was vetoed by […]

Coast Guard, Capital City Fire/Rescue Save Six after Boat runs Aground near Juneau

By 17th District online newsroom on Jun 3, 2019   At Sea, Featured, Southeast Alaska  

Coast Guard, Capital City Fire/Rescue Save Six after Boat runs Aground near Juneau

  JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard and Capital City Fire/Rescue saved six people after a boat ran aground near Juneau, Saturday. A Capital City Fire/Rescue boat crew arrived on scene and took the people off their 24-foot boat after it ran aground on the Mendenhall Bar in Fritz Cove at approximately 4:30 p.m. A Coast […]

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