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Anti-tobacco forces protest lack of spending

ANCHORAGE - Legislators are refusing to spend as much as they promised on a major state campaign against tobacco use, according to advocates with the...

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State briefs

...position indicating radio beacon. Nordlund named Ulmer's statewide campaign coordinator ANCHORAGE - A former Anchorage legislator will work as statewide coordinator for Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer's bid for governor. Jim Nordlund has announced...

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Alaska Digest

...going to guarantee a hunt but a guide should provide a certain level of service," said Rep. Ralph Samuels, the Anchorage legislator who spent three years pushing the bill through the Legislature. Fairbanks big game guide Virgil Umphenour supports...

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Legislators learn about mine suit

...said. Sound off on the important issues at During a joint Senate and House Resource Committee meeting held in Anchorage, legislators asked state officials, the mine operator and the group filing the lawsuit about any threats the mine may pose...

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Governor: Tap permafund for cities

...Murkowski's been dying to get his hands on the permanent fund since he was elected," said Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage. Legislators tapped the Amerada Hess account for the first time last session, spending $57 million for construction projects...

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Alaska editorial: Don't link Hess funds to permanent fund dividend

...emptied out or pumped up with a gazillion dollars and the dividend wouldn't change by a penny. But the two Anchorage legislators instead seem to insinuate, in their published comments, that the governor wants to "raid" the fund. "I'm...

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Alaska editorials: End of bridge earmarks leads to priorities

...Mat-Su Borough ... . But it will be a project that never will be if the dollars are nibbled away. If every Anchorage legislator is going to reach for bridge money to fund a pet project in his district, forget about the big picture. Forget...

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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...I think voters voted against use of permanent fund earnings at this time to finance state government. So an Anchorage legislator wants us state workers to divvy up these great miles we get from Alaska Airlines. Fine, then I will only travel...

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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...more roads per capita than any state in the nation. "It takes longer for me to get to Juneau than it takes an Anchorage legislator to get here," she added. Former state Administration Commissioner Joe Henri was the lone dissenting testifier...

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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...with Speaker of the House Brian Porter, also a former Anchorage police chief, and his familiarity with other Anchorage legislators gave him entree into legislative offices other commissioners did not have, Mulder said. ``He never once told...

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