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# Rep. Neuman reflects back on 2012 Session
- URL: https://ktna.org/rep-neuman-reflects-back-on-2012-session/
- Published: 2012-05-16T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-05-16T08:00:00.000Z
- Description: After the close of the State Legislative Session, Representative Mark Neuman says the legislature had some successes, and fell short in some other areas. Oil had a prominent roll. [audio:https://ktna.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1Neuman.mp3|titles=1Neuman]
- Author: GM
- Tags: Local News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

After the close of the State Legislative Session, Representative Mark Neuman says the legislature had some successes, and fell short in some other areas. Oil had a prominent roll.

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Neuman highlighted some projects that benefit the Susitna Valley include the funding of the Talkeetna Library Matching Grant, the Wood-Fired Boiler for Susitna Valley High School. One bill that didn’t make it out of committee before the session ended was a bill to create the Susitna State Forest. Neuman says he expects the bill to come back next session, but he’d like to see it carefully examined.

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The Proposed Susitna Dam didn’t see much time in the legislature, but Neuman says the Alaska Industrial Development Authority got a boost from the legislature for low-interest loans for power transmission lines, which could be used to tie the Dam into the rail-belt grid.

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Though the session is now over, Neuman says he’s involved in a number of work groups that will be continuing to address the oil issue over the summer.