Senator Drue Pearce's 1997 Press Release Archive
Anchorage to Host Energy Councils Annual Fall Conference, 09-19-97
Senate DOT Task Force to Review Marine Highway
System September 16th - 20th, 09-11-97
= John Torgerson, 86 K
Legislative Leaders Challenge Governors
Line Item Vetoes, 09-05-97
= Drue Pearce, 57 K
Legislature Announces Unexpected Windfall for
Alaska Cities, 05-08-97
= Mark Hanley and Drue Pearce, 213 K
Senate Passes Capital Budget -- Meets $100
Million Target, Protects Rural Alaska and Increases
Permanent Fund, 05-07-97
= Mike Miller
=
Bert Sharp
Republican-led Majority Follows Through on
Commitment to Fight Crime, Transmits "Safe
Neighborhood" Legislation to Governor; 05-06-97
= Brian Porter and Dave Donley: 232 K
= Dave Donley, Al Vezey, and Pete Kelly: 215 K
= Rick Halford: 134 K
Legislatures Proposed Capital Budget Meets
$100 Million Spending Target -- Protects Rural Alaska,
05-05-97
= Bert Sharp
= Bert Sharp
= Drue Pearce
Senate Votes to Safeguard Employee Rights by Modernizing Public Employment Relations Act, 04-21-97
Audio clip only: Senator
Drue Pearce discusses changes to the Ethics Act passed by
the Senate Friday by a vote of 15 to 2. This legislation,
SB 105, addresses many of the concerns and requests put
forth by the Legislative Ethics Committee and it would
make the executive branch abide by the same standards as
the Legislature.
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Senate Passes State Operating Budget To Reduce
Spending, Senate Minority Proposed 36 Amendments to Fuel
State Bureaucracy; 04-18-97
= Drue Pearce, part
1
= Drue Pearce, part 2
Audio clip only: Senate
Finance Committee Co-Chair, Senator Drue Pearce,
announces the State Operating Budget bills (SB 75 and SB
76) passed the Senate Finance committee today and they
will likely be up for a Senate floor vote on Wednesday.
= part 1
= part 2
Senate Corrections Plan Addresses Alaskas
Prison Overcrowding, 04-10-97
= Jerry Ward, 164 K
= Jerry Ward, 172 K
= Drue Pearce, 216 K
= Eldon Mulder, 174 K
Senate Asks Administration to Play by the Rules,
Asks Governor to Submit a Complete Budget on December 15,
04-09-97
= Drue Pearce, part 1
= Drue
Pearce, part 2
Proposed Senate Operating Reductions Protect
Education, Public Safety, Roads and Airports, 04-07-97
= Drue Pearce, part 1
= Drue
Pearce, part 2
Senate Recognises the Alaska Telemedicine
Project as the Official Project for the State of Alaska,
03-26-97
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Senate Finance Committee Releases Agency
Spending Targets, Moving Toward A Smaller, Smarter
Government, 03-20-97
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Senate Asks Administration To Kick The
"Late Budget Habit", 03-12-97
| Audio
clip in "Real Audio" format |
Finance Leaders Announce FY98 Revenue Windfall To Help Balance State Budget, 03-06-97
Alaska Legislators Discuss Alaska/National Energy Issues in Washington D.C., 03-05-97
Alaska Legislators Travel To Washington D.C. To Influence National Energy Policy, 02-24-97
Senate Finance Committee Names Subcommittee Assignments, 02-06-97