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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday April 12, 2020 ( 2 items )  

Cancer Action Network: Anchorage Voters Uphold Strong Smoke-Free Protections
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 9 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement by Alaska Government Relations Director Emily Nenon: * * * - During Uncertain Times, Anchorage Residents Show Commitment to Protecting People from Secondhand Smoke * * * Anchorage voters defeated Proposition 11, which would have weakened the city smoke-free law and allowed onsite marijuana consumption. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) opposed Proposition 1  more

Heritage Action and Conservative Groups Send Letter to Governors Urging an Unemployment Insurance Fix
WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Heritage Action for America issued the following news release on April 7: Heritage Action for America sent a letter yesterday signed by 20 conservative groups to urge America's governors to fix the unemployment insurance provision of the recently passed CARES Act. The letter, which was sent to the governors of Alaska, Colorado, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia, encouraged state leaders to fix the backwards incentiv  more