Juneau VA Outreach Clinic

by Cathy 16. March 2010 09:56
The Alaska VA Healthcare System announced construction will start for a new Juneau VA Outreach Clinic. The new clinic will provide Southeast Alaska veterans with routine primary care and mental health services. SBH Services, Inc, an Alaskan civil and commercial construction company, has been contr... [More]

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University Land Bill

by Cathy 9. March 2010 17:10
House Bill 295 passed out of the House Community and Regional Affairs committee today with four amendments. The bill includes approximately 200,000 acres of state owned land located throughout Alaska for proposed transfer to the University of Alaska. As a land grant school, the university has yet ... [More]

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Unified Command for Princess Kathleen Assessment

by Cathy 26. February 2010 12:38
The U.S. Coast Guard and State of Alaska established a Unified Command on Thursday to coordinate operations for further assessment of the historic Princess Kathleen shipwreck. The Princess Kathleen sank in 1952 with an estimated 155,000 gallons of fuel. The Department of Environmental C... [More]

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School Construction Debt Reimbursement

by Cathy 21. February 2010 11:01
School Debt Bond Reimbursement package passed out of House Education Committee on February 17. HB 310 extends municipal school debt bond reimbursement until November 30, 2013. It is currently scheduled to sunset in 2010. Under the program the State reimburses municipalities for up to 70% of ... [More]

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HJR42: Transportation Fund

by Cathy 10. February 2010 10:26
On February 9, the House Transportation Committee passed House Joint Resolution 42 proposing an amendment to the Alaska State Constitution to create a dedicated transportation infrastructure fund. If approved by Alaskan voters, the fund would set up a $1 billion endowment generating an annual pe... [More]

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Forward Funding of Education and Increasing Funding for Vocational Education

by Cathy 1. February 2010 17:43
The House Education Committee has taken a lead in introducing legislation to forward fund education for the next three years. House Bill 317 will increase the Base Student Allocation for the next three years and also increase block funding to school districts for the purpose of vocational educatio... [More]

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Legislative Update

by Cathy 26. January 2010 09:45
Thanks to everybody who came to the constituent meeting on Saturday. We received a lot of feedback and will be working specifically on several issues that were brought to our attention. It is a great pleasure to welcome returning legislators to Juneau and begin work on the second half of the... [More]

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Constituent Meeting

by Cathy 22. January 2010 11:00
Please join me this Saturday, January 23 at an informal get together at the Udder Culture Cafe in the Mendenhall Mall from 10am to noon. I am eager to meet with residents of district 4 to discuss issues of concern as we begin the legislative session. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.... [More]

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Juneau Access Brief Filed by Department of Law

by Cathy 28. October 2009 11:25
On October 19, 2009, the Department of Law filed the State of Alaska Appellant’s Brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the Lynn Canal Highway. This is an appeal of District Court Judge John Sedwick’s decision invalidating the project’s environmental impact stateme... [More]

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House Transportation Committee Trip

by Cathy 6. October 2009 17:00
On September 29 a group of young Yupik students greeted House Transportation committee members at the Yuut Yaqungviat flight school in Bethel. The flight school trains young people for careers in commercial aviation. Bethel is Alaska’s 3rd busiest state run airport. With more cargo lan... [More]

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Representative Cathy Muñoz