Alaska lawmakers urge Dunleavy to create long-term Halong recovery plan

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Alaska legislative leaders are calling on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to develop a long-term recovery plan for the thousands displaced by former Typhoon Halong, saying current shelter arrangements are inadequate.

In a letter sent this week, legislative leadership commended the administration’s rescue and evacuation efforts, they also said they “were just the first step in a very long recovery effort.”

The letter is signed by the legislature’s leaders Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, NA-Dillingham, Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, and Rep. Nellie Jimmie, D-Toksook Bay…

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