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Anchorage, AK 99501
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AIDEA Reauthorization Signed into Law

For Immediate Release: June 18, 1998

Anchorage - The Governor Thursday signed into law House Bill 386, which reauthorizes the bonding authority of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA). AIDEA is the agency which capitalizes development projects around the state. The Governor signed the measure at the PenAir Hangar in Anchorage, which was financed in part through AIDEA.

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Broadcasters: Comments are available on the Majority Actuality Line, 1-800-478-6540, in Senate Box 2.

Senator Loren Leman, Chairman of the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee, discusses AIDEA and today's reauthorization of the agency's bonding authority.
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