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By Libby Casey

The U-S Senate yesterday voted not to take up a financial regulations overhaul bill, and Alaska’s Senators have very different – and strong – reactions.  All Republicans and one Democrat blocked moving forward with debate.   Another vote is planned for today.  Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

People hoping for a gasline from the North Slope to the Railbelt and SouthCentral Alaska now have a deadline for when they can expect delivery.    Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is among the Republicans the White House is trying to work with and mollify over a pending financial regulatory bill.    Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Candidates who want to take Sean Parnell’s seat in the governor’s office are reacting to this week’s announcement that he’s making a Constitutional challenge to the Federal health care legislation that passed Congress earlier this year.  Many of them see the litigation as a distraction from what the Governor needs to be talking about.   Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Governor Parnell yesterday announced that Alaska is joining nineteen other states in challenging the constitutionality of the new Federal health care legislation.    Continue reading →

By Libby Casey

The Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D-C bears the names of more than 58-thousand men and women killed in service. But there are hundreds of veterans of that conflict who have died in the decades since the war who are not listed on the wall.  The group the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund wants to pay tribute to them, too, so every year it inducts men and women into their honor roll.   Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Neither the House nor the Senate met the ninety-day deadline in adjourning the session early this morning.  But,  after a lot of pressure involving some of the most important issues that have been before them this year, they got the job done.   Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

Neither the House nor Senate adjourned this year’s session strictly within the ninety-day limit voters set for them.    Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

The House approved asking voters this fall to send more lawmakers to Juneau next year.  They approved a Constitutional Amendment Ballot Question that would create spaces for four more House members and two more Senators.  Continue reading →

By Dave Donaldson

A bill that would have given coastal communities a bigger say in local development issues was removed from the final mix of bills to be acted on before the Legislature adjourned  last night.  Continue reading →