Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - What really is possible to get done during the 4th special legislative session of the year with such meaty topics at play involving constitutional amendments for a spending limit, voter approval of taxes, and enshrining the Permanent Fund Dividend in the document?
Martin Stepetin Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The bill that formally protects the cemetery at Funter Bay on Admiralty Island was sponsored by Juneau Representative Sara Hannan but she gives the credit to Martin Stepetin.
Unangan people from the Pribilof Islands were placed in internment camps in Southeast Alaska, including at Funter Bay, during World War II including both sets of Martin s grandparents. Many died and were buried there.
Stepetin thanked Governor Dunleavy for signing the bill last week and Representative Hannan for her hard work through the legislative process. It s a piece of human history because I like to say that we as a people, as a nation, as a state, we are still capable of these atrocities and this can happen again and is happening again at different levels throughout the country, throughout other countries, Stepetin said and added, That is why we have to remember this so that we don t ever allow it to happe
Juneau Representative Sara Hannan Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Following the end of the legislative session, Juneau Representative Sara Hannan will still have her hands filled as chair of the Legislative Council.
The council deals with a lot of the nuts and bolts of keeping the legislative branch intact by making sure repairs are made and necessary contracts are let. Much of it is pretty mundane, although Representative Hannan thought of something beyond the mundane while a guest on Action Line. Oh, I know one that will be fun. There s a sculpted bust of Governor Egan that is to be installed in the capital.