11-05-04: Senator Ben Stevens Named New Senate President
Senate Majority picks new leadership for the 24th Alaska Legislature

09-28-04: Charlie Huggins Joins Alaska State Senate
Republican Senators confirm his appointment to Senate Seat H

05-11-04: Twenty-third Legislature Passes Operating Budget
Emphasis On Constitutionally Mandated Services

05-11-04: Senator Lyda Green Brings Home A New Prison Bill

04-29-04: Finance Sends Supplemental to Full Senate
Bill Funds Medicaid, Natural Gas Pipeline Work

04-20-04: Senate Finance Passes Operating Budget
Meets Parameters Set by Governor

03-18-04: Senator Lyda Green Reaffirms Her Commitment to Fixing the Exit Exam

03-04-04: Senate Finance Seeks $88 Million Education Increase
FY05 Retirement Systems Funding Included

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02-29-04: Senate Takes Up K-12 Education Funding
Discussion Will Also Include PERS/TRS

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02-27-04: Senate Judiciary Moves Permanent Fund Measures
Senate President Therriault Renews Request For Ideas

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02-24-04: Sen. Lyda Green Looking for Oral Histories of Alaska Veterans

02-08-04: Senate Takes Up Children's Legislation
Bills Would Enhance Services

02-05-04: Senators Ogan, Green And Wagoner Introduce A Resolution To Constitutionally Protect The Permanent Fund Dividend

01-22-04: Supporting The Expansion Of The Public Prison System

01-22-04: Causeway To Connect The Port Of Anchorage To Port Mackenzie

05-15-03: Senate Passes State's Capital Budget
$1.5 Billion to Address Alaska's Capital Needs

04-29-03: Operating Budget Passes the Senate
Senate Budget Reflects the Priorities of the Alaskan People

04-25-03: Operating Budget Heads to Senate Floor
Co-Chairs Say Senate Budget Reflects the Priorities of the Alaskan People

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04-22-03: Medicaid Crime Has Its Own Fraud Laws Now
Green Bill Cracks Down on Medicaid Theft and Abuse

04-16-03: Green's Strike Bill Homerun With Senate
Teachers Must Give 72-Hours Notice Before Strike

03-05-03: Gov.'s FY 04 Operating Budget
Aggressive Approach to Controlling Spending - Now Legislative Scrutiny Begins

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02-01-03: Senate Shares in Nation's Loss
Alaska Sends Sympathies to the Families of our Heroic Astronauts

01-29-03: Valley Caucus Holds First Meeting
Representative Carl Gatto Elected Chair

01-29-03: Senate Finance Subcommittees Announced
A list of the Senate Finance subcommittees and the membership assignments are attached

01-24-03: Majority Lauds Gov's First State of the State
Murkowski's Address First Step in Marathon of Change

03-04-04: Senate Finance Co-Chair Lyda Green relates how the Senate Majority has added more money to SB 35 on top of the $82 mil proposed. She also mentions how she would like to see this measure move along as quickly as possible.

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02-29-04: Senate Finance Co-Chair Lyda Green responding to what discussions will take place this week, in the Senate, on education.

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03-25-04: Disabled Students and the Exit Exam

02-27-04: Republican Guarantees Dividend

02-27-04: The Budget Process - Further Explanation

02-09-04: ADN Letter to the Editor on the Knik Arm Bridge

09-19-03: Administration's Support for the Port McKenzie GO Gond Approval

09-15-03: Mat-Su Lawmakers Respond to Area Needs

10-01-02: Work First - Alaska's New Direction for Welfare Reform

12-20-01: Sen. Lyda Green asks: "Are GARVEE Bonds the Answer?"

04-04-01: Competency Testing Bill Passes
Previous versions of the High School Graduation Qualifying Exam Proposed Legislation listed below are now dated. You can find the latest info in the above press release

03-08-01: High School Graduation Qualifying Exam Proposed Draft Legislation

02-22-01: High School Graduation Qualifying Exam Proposed Draft Legislation

03-11-00: Protecting the Future of the Permanent Fund