Roughly 100 people lined a street near API to argue that investment from the state, not privatization, is the more effective way to address the hospital’s many problems.
Union, education, conservation and other groups are planning to protest the meetings next week, saying the public should be heard.
Work on a new petroleum/concrete terminal is expected to begin in 2020.
In a letter to the Alaska Judicial Council, the governor said its list of nominees was inadequate.
It could receive a vote of the full Senate as soon as Wednesday.
The cuts were rejected anyway.
The governor says Alaska is at a ‘pivotal point.’
The forecast for oil revenue has been lowered again.
The weekend hearings would not overlap with normal business.
According to state estimates, the fund will be exhausted by April 1 unless lawmakers act quickly.
No dates or locations for the unprecedented hearings have been announced. A schedule is expected in the coming days.
State senators cited an inability to talk privately with constituents due to conflict-of-interest legislation passed last year.
Legislative and executive branch lawyers disagree about whether the governor’s proposal is legal.
The governor’s budget does not include enough money to keep ships sailing after the end of September.
The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is tasked with preventing the waste of the state’s oil and gas.
The measure will be submitted as a public comment in favor of an upcoming lease sale by the federal government.
The governor’s chief of staff must approve new high-level employees statewide.
Gov, Mike Dunleavy told reporters that while he attends an energy conference next week in Texas he hopes the legislature will “get serious” about budget proposals.
Other businesses aren’t as lucky under the state alcohol board’s enforcement of an old state law.
An Anchorage economist estimates a loss of 7,146 jobs, even after a PFD boost.
