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Borough lobbyist outlines state session priorities; transportation match and health funds flagged as urgent

Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly — Committee of the Whole · January 22, 2026
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FNSB lobbyist Yuri Morgan briefed the assembly on the early 2025 state legislative session, flagging a failed veto override on SB113, potential supplemental transportation match needs, health‑transformation federal funds, and other bills (PFAS regulation, property assessment limits). He offered monthly availability to brief assembly members on developments.

Yuri Morgan, the borough’s lobbyist with Morgan Partnership LLC, provided an update on the early 2025 state legislative session and items the borough is tracking.

Morgan said the legislature is moving quickly on a set of complex fiscal issues and described several matters of interest to the borough. He summarized a joint‑session action that upheld the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 113 (a corporate tax apportionment measure), saying the override vote fell short of the 45 votes required for revenue measures. Morgan predicted revised versions of…

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