April 14, 2004
Wednesday

Alaska - The operating budget, House Bill 375, recently passed the House and now the Senate will continue work on this important bill. On Thursday, April 8th the Senate Finance Committee formally adopted their working version of the bill. Additional information on the bill can be found on the Finance Division website.

House Bill 375 includes funding for critical state programs, such as K-12 education, the university, Medicaid programs, public broadcasting, the Alaska Public Offices Commission, and state grants for organizations such as Alaska Legal Services.

The Senate Finance Committee will take public testimony on the operating budget this week.

Testimony from Legislative Information Offices (LIO):

Wednesday, April 14:

9:00 am Public Testimony from offnet sites
6:00 pm to 6:30 pm: Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm: Sitka, Cordova and Valdez
7:00 pm to 7:30 pm: Glennallen, Seward and Homer
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm: Kenai, Kodiak and Dillingham

Legislative Information Office:

Anchorage ­ 716 W. 4th Ave., Ste. 200, 269-0111
Barrow ­ 119 Bank Building, 852-7111
Bethel ­ 301 Willow Street, 543-3541
Cordova ­ 705 2nd St., 424-4561
Delta Junction ­ Jarvis Office Center, 895-4236
Dillingham ­ Kangiiqutaq Building, 842-5319
Fairbanks ­ 119 Cushman, Ste. 101, 452-4448
Glennallen ­ Community Library, 822-5588
Homer ­ 345 W. Sterling Hwy., Ste. 102, 235-7878
Juneau ­ Terry Miller Bldg. Room 111, 465-4648
Kenai Peninsula ­ 145 Main St. Loop, Ste. 217, 283-2030
Ketchikan ­ 50 Front St., Ste. 203, 225-9675
Kodiak ­ 112 Mill Bay Rd., 486-8116
Kotzebue ­ 373 2nd St., Pillautaq Bldg., 442-3880
Matanuska/Susitna ­ 600 E. Railroad Ave., 376-3704
Nome ­ State Office Bldg., 103 E. Front St., 443-5555
Petersburg ­ 101 Gjoa St., 772-3741
Seward ­ 2001 Seward Hwy., 224-5066
Sitka ­ 210 Lake St., 747-6276
Tok ­ East 1st St. in UAF Bldg., Suite 1, 883-5020
Valdez ­ Rm. 13, State Office Bldg., 835-2111
Wrangell ­ 223 Front St., 874-3013

 

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