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ADVOCACY ACTIONS
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2026 Advocacy Letters and Materials
5/28/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for AK LNG Tax Abatement and Recommendations for a Workable Bill 5/26/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for FY27 UAF Deferred Maintenance Capital Funding 5/21/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for the Fairbanks 2028 Arctic Winter Games Bid 5/19/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for HB 193 Paid Sick Leave Seasonal Exemption 5/14/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for Port MacKenzie Rail Extension 5/12/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for HB 184 AIDEA Workforce Housing Development Financing 5/12/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for SB 124 and HB 131 Nurse Licensure Compact 5/8/2026 — Federal Partnership Needed to Strengthen the Dalton Highway as a National Strategic Corridor 5/8/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Opposition to SB 21 AK Work and Save Program 5/7/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Letter of Appreciation FY26 Federal Highway Trust Fund State Match Funding 5/7/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for ARRC Healy Canyon Bridge Replacements 5/6/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for SB 280 Alternative Volumetric Tax 5/6/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for HB 381 Alternative Volumetric Tax 5/1/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Letter of Support UAF FY27 Deferred Maintenance Budget Request 5/1/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for House Bill 13 Municipal Property Tax Exemptions 5/1/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for Senate Joint Resolution 30 Supporting Military Investment and Infrastructure in Alaska 5/1/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for Key Professional Licensure Compacts
4/8/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Support for HB 314 and SB 246
3/17/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Comments on Opposition to Oil and Gas Tax Rewrite 3/17/2026 — Fairbanks Chamber Comments on Opposition to CS for House Bill 124, AIDEA Accountability Act -
2025
2024
- 2024 Support for SB 196, adding saliva tests to employee drug-testing statute
- 2024 Support for SB 183, Protecting the Workers' Compensation Benefits Guaranty Fund
- 2024 Support for HB 189, Permitting Restaurant Staff Aged 18 and Older to Serve Alcohol
- 2024 Support for HB 273, Enhancing Housing Finance Options
- 2024 Support for the Technical Vocational Education Program
- 2024 Letter of Support for HB 89, Childcare Subsidies and Tax Credits
- 2024 Support for Universal Temporary Licensure SB 83 & HB 85
2023
- 2023 Letter of Support for Preliminary Childcare Taskforce Recommendations
- 2023 Letter of Support for UAF Childcare Proposal
- 2023 Letter of Support for Licensure Compacts - Audiology and Physical Therapy
- 2023 Support for Alaska's Education Tax Credits SB 120 and HB 144
- 2023 Opposition of HB 63 & SB 60 Repeal of Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission
- 2023 Letter of Support of Universal Temporary Licensure SB 83 & HB 85
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2025
- 2025 Support for federal tax deduction and examples of impacts from new federal policies
- 2025 Opposition to FNSB Ord. 2025-14 to raise the bed tax
- 2025 Support for HB 131- Nursing Licensure
- 2025 Support for HB 75 and SB 77-PFD Eligibility and DOR Procedures Act
- 2025 Support for HB 13, Property Tax Exemptions
- 2025 Support for SB 133, HB 144- Reforming Prior Authorization in Alaska
- 2025 Support for SB 161, Paid Sick Leave
- 2025 Support for SB 132, Omnibus Insurance Bill
- 2025 Opposition to HB 25, Disposable Foodservice Ware
2024
2023
- 2023 FNSB Ordinance 2023-57 Non Conforming Property
- Community Perspective on FNSB Health Social Services Power Proposition
- 2023 Support for Public Safety
- 2023 Support for the Full $10 Million Allocation in Senate Bill 41 Toward Unmanned Aircraft Research
- 2023 Support for Resolution 2023-23 Steese/Johansen Expressway Interchange
- 2023 Letter of Support for Changing Contractor-Controlled Insurance to Allow Added Insureds
- 2023 Exempting Veterinarians from Drug Monitoring
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2025
2024
- 2024 PRESS RELEASE: Fairbanks energy burden has doubled since 2018
- 2024 Opposition to FNSB Resolution 2024-23, Climate Action & Adaptation Plan
- 2024 Op-Ed in Support of Ambler Road
- 2024 PRESS RELEASE: Joint industry news release objecting to Ambler Road decision
- 2024 Support for grant application for Railbelt grid improvements
- 2024 Support for HB 227, clarifying electric utility liability
- 2024 Support for Grid Modernization
- 2024 Support for Carbon Sequestration Research
2023
- 2023 PRESS RELEASE: Chamber commends EPA for seeking practical solutions on pollution
- 2023 Opposition to FNSB Resolution Climate Action Plan
- 2023 Opposition to SB 114 Oil & Gas Production Tax
- 2023 Support for Timber Industry Bills HB 93 & 104 and SB 87
- 2023 Section 404 Clean Water Act SOA Primacy
- 2023 Support HJR 11 Address Air Pollution in Fairbanks
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2025
2024
- 2024 Opposition to FNSB legislative priority
- 2024 Support for Fairbanks International Airport grant
- 2024 Support for Port MacKenzie Rail Extension
- 2024 Support for Tanana River Railroad Bridge Upgrade in Nenana
- 2024 Support for FAA Reauthorization, H.R. 3935
- 2024 Support for Northern Rail Extension
- 2024 Support for replacing Noyes Slough rail bridge
- 2024 Support for FNSB roads plan
- 2024 Support for Phase 2 John Trigg Ester Library
- 2024 Support for the Alaska Long Trail
- 2024 Opposition to HB 186, Volunteer Labor Compliance Officer Program
2023
- 2023 Support for Ambler Access Project
- 2023 Support for Pike's Landing lease and Public Easement
- 2023 Comments on FNSB Downtown Fairbanks 2040 Plan
- 2023 Support FNSB Ordinance 2023-48 Off-Street Parking
- 2023 Support for UAF Flight Training
- 2023 Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce Comments on Draft STIP
- 2023 Alaska Railroad Critical Infrastructure Bridge Funding Support
- 2023 Interior Alaska Transportation Plan Comments
- 2023 FAA Reauthorization Bill Without DCA ACT
- 2023 Support Railbelt Electric Grid Improvement