Fully Funded Budget Provides a Healthy Dividend and Avoids Spending from Savings JUNEAU – Wednesday, the Alaska Senate passed House Bill 39, Fiscal Year 2024 operating and capital budgets. The Senate’s version of the budget increases education funding outside the formula by $174.9 million – the single largest increase in state history, provides Alaskans with […]
“The American people expect their elected representatives to hold their colleagues to a higher ethical standard and punish those who violate the public’s trust,” said Stand Up America’s Brett Edkins. The progressive advocacy group Stand Up American on Wednesday blasted Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives for declining to expel GOP Congressman George Santos […]
JUNEAU – Legislation sponsored by Rep. Ashley Carrick that will define e-bikes in statute cleared its final hurdle and passed the Legislature. Back in April, House Bill 8 passed the House with bipartisan support on a vote of 39-1. On Monday, HB 8 passed the Senate on a vote of 18-1 and yesterday the House […]
“It’s a centerpiece of the ransom Speaker McCarthy has cobbled together as he threatens to trigger a catastrophic default,” said Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden. The Democratic chair of the Senate Finance Committee said Wednesday that the House GOP’s newly released debt ceiling legislation shows that the often fractious right-wing caucus is unified around at least one common […]