Scott Kawasaki
Senator · Alaska State Senate · District E
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Also known as:Senator KawasakiKawasakiSonya KawasakiSonja Kawasaki
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House Finance Committee advances PFD restoration for wrongfully convicted
“this bill would reinstate the permanent fund dividend for the folks who may have been wrongfully convicted. And so we call this the Wrongful Conviction Compensation Bill. One of the things that a person is deprived of if they are wrongfully convicted and then incarcerated is a permanent fund dividend.”
Alaska News5d ago
Alaska Senate Passes Statewide Styrofoam Ban for Restaurants
“Polystyrene further will leach into food that is in food containers, and these containers will end up becoming friable. They end up floating in water, and then they end up disintegrating into the water table and eaten by other animals. Diseases associated with polystyrene include many cancers like leukemia, lymphoma.”
Alaska News5d ago
House panel hears bill to restore PFDs for wrongfully convicted Alaskans
“the state has a fundamental responsibility to ensure that every prosecution is fair and every conviction is just. And if the system were to fail, and sometimes it does, such as when an Alaskan has been wrongfully convicted and then later has had their judgment vacated, reversed, then the state must go beyond merely unlocking the cell. We have a duty to make amends.”
Alaska News6d ago4 attributions
Autonomous vehicle bill advances despite state warnings on outdated standards
“Around 20 years ago, the FAA put in a rule that said that any drones had to stay within line of sight of their operator. And after 15 or so years of, of, of testing and a lot of regulatory review, about 2022, and a lot of that testing happening here in Alaska, about 2022, the FAA modified— started modifying their rules and giving permission for drones to start flying out of the line of sight of the, of the operator”
Alaska News1w ago3 attributions
Industry groups oppose Dalton Highway toll targeting oil and gas traffic
“The Department of Transportation does invest approximately $17 million— these are a little bit outdated numbers, I think this is 2020— $17 million— I'm sorry, $17 million in maintenance and operations on the Dalton Highway each year, $10.5 million of which comes from state funding, the other $6 million is federal.”
Alaska News2w ago
Alaska LNG Tax Bill Stalls as Lawmakers Demand Project Cost Data
“I mean, we just saw the press conference yesterday. We are in day 108, 109 of a 120-day session. So we as resources are sort of— I mean, I will speak for myself, a little stressed that I don't have this information yet, but I am supposed to make these multibillion-dollar decisions with a 30-year horizon, time horizon, within the next week”
Alaska News2w ago