Rep. Les Gara, an Anchorage Democrat, wants to ban partisan ads in the guide, a booklet that’s mailed to every voting household.
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State House OKs refinery subsidy plan
The Alaska State House has a approved a deal to give the state’s refineries – and one fertilizer plant — up to $200 million in subsidies.
Legislature considers $150m to help oil refineries
A bill crafted by the Administration would prop up Alaska’s three remaining oil refineries with $150 million in state funds.
State reps reject measure to extend military perk to same-sex partners
A measure adding same-sex partners to a bill allowing military spouses to keep their driver’s licenses was rejected.
If the legislature were a monster truck rally…
…then House Speaker Mike Chenault would be a mechanized tyrannosaurus shooting flames from his haunches.
Wilson’s transportation fund advances in House
A measure setting up an Alaska Transportation Infrastructure Fund has gotten some traction in the House. But two companion bills are not seeing the same attention.
Family planning services axed from abortion bill
After being shelved for nearly a year, a bill meant to limit Medicaid payouts for abortion is back – and it’s missing a component that made it more agreeable to the Legislature’s social moderates.
Opponents of new oil tax law offer their alternatives
With the deadline for filing new legislation arriving Monday, opponents of the new oil tax system have offered their own alternatives.
Legislators rack up million-dollar travel bill
In 2013, the state paid nearly a million dollars for lawmakers to fly across Alaska, across the country, and in some cases, around the world. Legislative travel costs went up nearly 50 percent last year.
Democrats want PFD guarantee put in Constitution
A group of Democratic lawmakers is pushing an amendment to enshrine the Permanent Fund dividend in the Alaska Constitution.