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Recent press coverage of Governor Parnell's initiatives:
- Parnell signs boarding school, construction bills
Anchorage Daily News, June 19 - City Prepares to Host Governor’s Picnic
Homer News, June 12 - Parnell signs bill to fight sex trafficking
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, June 12 - New law gives operators a chance for one-time lease term extension
Petroleum News, June 7
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Governor Signs Rural Education Legislation
June 18, 2013, Kotzebue, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today signed two pieces of legislation aimed at improving education in rural Alaska. Senate Bill 47, sponsored by Senator John Coghill, eliminates the sunset provision for providing stipends for residential education facilities. The bill also expands the stipend program to include residential schools started after 2005 and magnet schools. Full Story »
Flags to be Lowered for Former Representative
June 17, 2013, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell has ordered state flags to be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, June 18, in honor and memory of former Representative John (Jack) G. Fuller. Representative Fuller died June 11 in Wasilla. He was 91. Full Story »
Governor Announces Appointments to Boards
June 17, 2013, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today announced appointments to the Alaska Commission on Aging, Alaska Mental Health Board, Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board, Aviation Advisory Board, and State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors. Full Story »
Gov. Requests Federal Declaration for Floods
June 14, 2013, Juneau, Alaska - Governor Sean Parnell today requested a federal disaster declaration for the 2013 spring floods along the Yukon River and its tributaries. The floods resulted from a rapid thaw after an extended, colder-than-average spring. This caused serious ice jam flooding and high water from snow melt runoff in the Alaska Gateway, Yukon-Flats, Yukon Koyukuk, Lower Yukon and Copper River Regional Educational Attendance Areas. Full Story »
Governor Announces Appointments to Boards
June 14, 2013, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell today announced appointments to the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council, State Vocational Rehabilitation Committee, University of Alaska Board of Regents student seat, Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, State Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, and Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Full Story »
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