...levels for schools and early childhood development programs. She criticized Republican Gov. Sean Parnell and Republican legislators for their reticence to increase the Base Student Allocation within the education funding formula."We're...
...acknowledge, in my own share of fed-bashing when it gets results."Begich put himself squarely at odds with many Republican legislators on several more issues, speaking in favor of tying school funding to inflation and increasing state funding...
...whether by joining with fellow Democrats who are in the majority caucus or by finding common ground with certain Republican legislators on some issues."We have a number of people who, even though they have jumped to the other side, share our...
...could act as a tax increase when oil prices are low, while supporting many of its provisions.Parnell and many Republican legislators have argued that reform is needed to reverse a decline in the amount of oil flowing through the pipeline. This...
...I've just been slammed with other stuff. But absolutely, we will ask for hearings."But whether the Republican legislators who co-chair the House Resources Committee, to which H.B. 111 has been referred, and the TAPS Throughput...
...to address was education funding.Many school districts, unions and Democratic legislators, as well as some Republican legislators, have fretted over the lack of a Base Student Allocation increase in Parnell's proposed budget. No BSA increase...
...legislative chambers went from Democratic to Republican control - and none flipped the other way, Storey wrote."Republican legislators seized the opportunity to push a more conservative agenda in the states where they had complete legislative control...
...proved itself and needs to be renewed.That effort has run into some legislative opposition, however.Several Republican legislators have warned that the film incentive program might bring Alaska unwanted attention."I'm very concerned about...
An influential Republican legislator has introduced a bill to reestablish a Coastal Management program, possibly heading off an election later this year.An initiative...
...top ally of Berkowitz when he was in her current job in the Legislature. Kerttula's caucus allied with some Republican legislators and the Palin-Parnell administration to adopt the ACES plan that Berkowitz is now criticizing. She said she...
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