Campaign finance bill tailored to attorney general opinion
from the Anchorage Daily News: A state senator pushing a bill to require corporations and labor unions to disclose their spending on Alaska political campaigns said it appears to address the issues raised by Alaska’s attorney general in an opinion issued Friday night.
State Sen. Hollis French, an Anchorage Democrat who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he’s asking legislative attorneys to check the opinion against his committee’s campaign reform measure, Senate Bill 284.
“From what I could read, we’ve taken care of the issues they’ve raised but we’re going to make double sure,” French said by phone from Sitka, where he was stuck on Monday. Fog in Juneau kept Alaska Airlines flights from landing in the capital city’s airport much of the day.
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