January

01-18-99

• Senator Loren Leman comments on the final report of the Electrical Rate Restructuring Committee given to the Legislature today.
  = Loren Leman, 132 K
• Representative Norman Rokeberg, chairman of the Electrical Rate Restructuring Committee also comments on the Committee's final report.
  = Norman Rokeberg, 84 K
• House Finance Co-Chair, Representative Gene Therriault, discusses are recent survey of wage and benefits of Alaska State employees.
  = Gene Therriault, 32 K

01-19-99

• Newly Elected House Speaker, Representative Brian Porter, reflects upon the dire fiscal situation Alaska is in.
  = Brian Porter, 182 K
• Newly elected Senate President, Senator Drue Pearce, states the 21st Alaska Legislature starts with a strong team.
  = Drue Pearce, 25 K

01-20-99

• Senator Drue Pearce, comments upon the Governor's State of the State Budget Proposals.
  = Drue Pearce, 25 K
• House Speaker, Represenative Brian Porter reflects upon the Governor's tax proposal in his Wednesday night State of the State Budget Speech.
  = Brian Porter, 102 K

01-22-99

• Senator Rick Halford describes two crimes bills, Senate Bill 3 and Senate Bill 4, that he sponsored and introduced.
  = Rick Halford, 68 K

01-25-99

• Senator Jerry Ward reflects on the reasons why he introduced SB 33. The measure would set up a Privatization Task Force that would report to the Governor and the Legislature on areas where private businesses could provide services more efficiently than the State.
  = Jerry Ward, 89 K

01-27-99

• Senate President, Senator Drue Pearce, announces that Governor Knowles and the State Legislature will be hosting Alaska's first "State of the Economy" Forum, February 9th in Juneau.
  = Drue Pearce, 46 K
• Senate President, Senator Drue Pearce, discusses a spreadsheet "what-if" tool the Governor has posted on the State of Alaska Web Site that allows citizens to examine the budget numbers themselves. The MS Excel template can be downloaded from http://www.gov.state.ak.us/gov/akbudget.html
  = Drue Pearce, 55 K
• House Speaker, Represenative Brian Porter comments on the magnitude of Alaska's budget shortfall at today's announcement of the "State of the Economy" Forum.
  = Brian Porter, 99 K
• Represenative Brian Porter further reflects upon the diversity of potential solutions to Alaska's budget problems.
  = Brian Porter, 51 K

01-28-99

• Senator Jerry Ward discusses his privatization task force legislation.
  = Jerry Ward, 63 K
• Senator Jerry Ward comments on how his privatization task force is only one part of the Republican Majority's approach to solving Alaska's budget crunch, 01-28-99.
  = Jerry Ward, 60 K

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