Governor s Budget Proposes Economic Recovery Payment to Alaskans, Job Creation & Infrastructure Development
Overall Budget Cut $290 Million
Posted & Edited By MARY KAUFFMAN
Tuesday PM (SitNews) Anchorage, Alaska - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced his Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget package Friday,
A Path Forward, with the goal of stabilizing the state’s economy in the wake of a devastating global pandemic which he says honors his commitment to Alaskans. According to the governor, the FY22 budget creates efficiencies within government, implements the basis for a stable fiscal future, puts money into Alaskans’ hands, and prioritizes job creation and infrastructure development.
Governor Dunleavy said, “This year has presented Alaskans with challenges unlike any we’ve experienced in this lifetime. The widespread global pandemic led to economic devastation for every sector of Alaska’s economy. In the face of this, Alaskans adapted
FAA GRANTS US$ 2.4 MILLION FOR SAIPAN AIRPORT RUNWAY Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/14/2000 - 00:00
By Aldwin R. Fajardo Staff Reporter
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (Sept. 12, 2000 – Saipan Tribune/Abridged -The Federal Aviation Administration has allocated almost $2.4 million in grants to the Commonwealth Ports Authority for the rehabilitation of Saipan International Airport s runway.
The total amount, $2.374 million, is being made available under the federal Airport Improvement Program.
The issuance of the grant is subject to approval of the project as finally formulated; CPA meeting the requirements set forth under the [Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion] Act; and the limits of obligational authority for the current fiscal year.
City council wants Los Angeles County s Whiteman Airport to close
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Fatal plane crash at Whiteman Airport on November 12, 2020
LOS ANGELES - A resolution calling for the closure of Whiteman Airport was unanimously supported by the Los Angeles City Council.
Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez called the 182-acre general aviation airport a blight on the Pacoima neighborhood, where it was founded as Whitman Air Park in 1946 and purchased by Los Angeles County in 1970. Today s vote in council is a step toward demanding environmental and economic justice for the residents of Pacoima and the surrounding neighborhoods, Rodriguez said. In addition to the obvious safety risk of an airport in a residential area, the many takeoffs and landings each day produce large amounts of toxic pollutants.