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State Senate Approach to School Intervention Varies from House

The state Senate Education Committee started discussion of a plan Monday that would change how Alaska intervenes in struggling school districts.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Education Etc.

Mon Feb 13, 2012

The News Tribune

WA House OKs bill tying abortion to maternity care

Supporters said Monday that the bill would ensure that existing abortion coverage will be preserved once federal health insurance rules come into effect under the Affordable Care Act in 2014.

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Related Topix: Alaska

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Daily Kos

I Peeled the Obama Bumper Sticker Off My Car Today

That's right. I've driven around with an Obama 2008 bumper sticker on the back of my vehicle for the better part of four years.

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Related Topix: Alaska, US News, Liberal Political News

WHIO

Lawmakers head to DC to push for ANWR drilling

A major focus of the Legislature this week will be energy, with five state House members traveling Washington D.C. to urge opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling and state Senators at home discussing oil taxes.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Don Young, Republican, US House of Representatives, Alaska, us Travel, Travel

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Anchorage Daily News

Panel tackles Alaska oil production, taxes

In a state Capitol meeting room hundreds of miles from where most Alaskans live, a Senate panel is digging into one of the most complex and important issues in state government: How much to tax Big Oil.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Sean Parnell, US Governors, Anchorage, AK

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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The Alaska Film Office has removed the stamp of secrecy from the financial information about movies and TV shows subsidized in Alaska.

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NewsOK.com

Alaska power plant under scrutiny for coal ash

Already under watch by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Fairbanks is coming under scrutiny by the environmental agency again after a resident complained of black dust near a power plant downtown.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Peninsula Clarion

Ophthalmologist evaluates marijuana needs

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In a meeting room at a Spenard hotel this weekend, Alaskans seeking a medical marijuana card can line up to see a Los Angeles ophthalmologist in town to evaluate their medical need for pot -- at $225 a "patient." "The Healing Center Medical Clinic" will be Friday through Sunday at the Millennium Hotel, the second such session ... (more)

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Medication, Alaska, Medicine, Ophthalmology, Spenard, AK

Anchorage Daily News

Standards can help us develop our resources in a responsible way

Commissioner Dan Sullivan of the Department of Natural Resources has come under attack for proposing the department's mission statement be changed.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

APRN

Alaska News Nightly: February 10, 2012

Individual news stories are posted in the Alaska News category and you can subscribe to APRN's news feeds via email, podcast and RSS.

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Peninsula Clarion

Alaska lawmakers debate tax cut for oil companies

Alaska's economic future is on the line if more oil doesn't flow through the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Tax, Sean Parnell, US Governors

Petroleum News

Task force proposals would deal with changes in Arctic waters

Hard on the heels of its preliminary report, released on Jan. 20, the Alaska Northern Waters Task Force has now published its full report, setting out the Task Force's findings.

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Related Topix: Alaska, US Military, US Coast Guard, Prison, US News

The Wichita Eagle

Alaska lawmakers plan to sell ANWR drilling during S.C. trip

A contingent of state representatives including House Speaker Mike Chenault are missing several days of the legislative session next week to head to Washington, D.C., and make a pitch - once again - for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Don Young, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Democrat, Alaska, us Travel, Travel, Doc Hastings

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Air Force general heads to Alaska

The U.S. Air Force chief of staff will be in Alaska next week on a visit scheduled prior to the announcement that Eielson Air Force Base's F-16 fighter planes are to be moved to the Anchorage area, leading to calls from the state's congressional delegation that he discuss the move while in the state.

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Related Topix: Alaska, US Politics, US News, Don Young, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Lisa Murkowski, Democrat, US Military, US Air Force, Eielson Air Force Base

Anchorage Daily News

Alaska's the better for having had Gruening

Last Monday was the birth date of Ernest Gruening, one of the most significant figures in Alaska's history, a history rich in larger-than-life characters.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Journalism

Thu Feb 09, 2012

APRN

Northern Justice Project' Assisting Low-Income People In Court Cases

Navigating the legal system alone can be daunting for average citizens but expensive if you must hire a lawyer, who starts running the meter with the first call.

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DNR Public Notices

Seismic Hazards Safety Commission chair receives significant award

Dr. John Aho, chairman of the Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission, has been selected to receive the 2012 lifetime achievement award in seismic risk reduction from the Western States Seismic Policy Council.

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Related Topix: Alaska, Natural Disasters, Earthquake

Anchorage Daily News

Tuberculosis cases spike in Western Alaska villages

Alaska state health officials say they are responding to an increase in cases of confirmed and suspected tuberculosis in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region.

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Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Government can't perform legitimate role without cash

The Issue: Some Republican governors plan to reduce or eliminate the income tax in their states.

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Related Topix: Alaska, New Hampshire Government, New Hampshire, Texas

Wed Feb 08, 2012

APRN

Alaska News Nightly: February 8, 2012

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered today that the 500-page report into the Justice Department's botched corruption case against Stevens be released March 15.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Senator Mark Begich, US Senate, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Democrat, Alaska, Personal Finance, Retirement

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