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 DAHLSTROM TO RULES, AUSTERMAN NEW MAJORITY WHIP

Wednesday, December 2, 2009, Fairbanks, Alaska – House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, today announced that Representative Nancy Dahlstrom, R-Eagle River, has been chosen as the new House Rules Committee Chair. Dahlstrom served as Majority Whip, a position Rep. Alan Austerman, R-Kodiak, now assumes.

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 MAJORITY LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ON ECON. IMPACTS OF OIL TAX

Caucus members question Gov’s Office on ACES effects on exploration/production

Friday, December 04, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – 15 members of the State House Majority Caucus signed on to a letter delivered to the Governor’s Office today questioning the economic impacts of enactment of Alaska’s Clean & Equitable Share, or ACES, oil tax legislation.