Under a hot mid-August sun, Illinois Republicans on Thursday rallied the party faithful during the party’s annual GOP celebration at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, assuring conservative attendees that 2022 would be the year the party finally makes strides to gain back power in Springfield.
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The Alaska Stalker – March 8, 2021
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape.
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The Sunday Minefield – March 7, 2021
We are more than halfway through the “90-day” legislative session. The hopes by some to finish by the end of March look extremely unlikely. None of the Senate Finance Subcommittees have done closeouts yet and House Finance Subcommittees only recently started meeting. Based on how things are going, finishing by day 90 (April 20) looks very difficult. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. Shout out to all my ladies out there!
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Legislature Considers Bill to Reduce Income Tax Rate Feb 11, 2021
HELENA For more than two hours Thursday, lawmakers heard testimony from 20 proponents and 18 opponents on Senate Bill 159, which would slash the top income tax rate from 6.9% to 6.75%.
The bill’s supporters said it would help bring the state more in line with other western states with lower income tax rates, incentivizing business to move to Montana.
Montana has the second highest income tax rate among its neighbors. However, it is also the only state in the region without a sales tax.
Gov. Greg Gianforte’s Budget Director Kurt Alme said lowering Montana’s income tax would position the state well as it comes out of the pandemic.
Despite funding cuts, the University of Alaska is reinventing itself Author: Tim Bradner Published December 19, 2020
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Print article These are gloomy times. It’s December, and it’s dark. Vaccines are arriving but COVID-19 will be with us for a while. Our economy is suffering. We need some good news. Consider our University of Alaska. Not too long ago things looked bleak for our state university. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s first budget director, Donna Arduin, wanted to gut UA with a 41% cut to state funding. Her vision for our university was a community college operating at a rock-bottom budget.