Monthly Archives: March 2010

By Libby Casey

Education Secretary Arne Duncan says his visit last year to a village in southwest Alaska has affected his view of rural education – and what must be done to help rural students.  Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

The Obama Administration weighed in yesterday on the controversial Sealaska lands bill, signaling that the White House does not support it.   Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

The House today  passed a bill setting up a statewide energy policy.  Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

A bill requiring disclosure of corporations or unions that contribute to political campaigns got a chilly reception in the House Judiciary Committee today   Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

An Anchorage Superior Court today said an initiative requiring parental notification before young women can get abortions can remain on this year’s ballot.  However, he ordered the Lieutenant Governor to rewrite some of the descriptive information that voters will see before they go to vote.  Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Residents of Salcha, a community of about a thousand people,   thirty three miles southeast of Fairbanks,  are trying to keep open a public water source – by telling people it might not be safe to drink.  Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

Republicans in the U-S House agreed last week to a one year ban on all earmarks.  But Alaska Congressman Don Young says he does not support his party’s decision.    Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

A bill that would kick-start work on an in-state gasline from the North Slope to railbelt communities is getting its final review before going to the House floor.  Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

The Parnell administration today gave its side of legislation that would separate oil and gas taxes.  Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

Alaska’s Congressional delegation met today with the head of NOAA – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – and presented a united front on their concerns about the Endangered Species Act.   Continue reading →