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...Minority, and the House Majority and Minority. Please consider the following as you listen to reactions from individual legislators.First, the ABRC serves as collective feedback from Alaska's largest business associations who represent...
...House Speaker Pete Kott need to be reminded that the public has great interest in knowing the positions of its individual legislators. The two leaders have chosen to keep secret the votes of Senate and House members on a request by Democrats...
...that come up to the legislature. "My duty will be to advise and otherwise represent the Alaska Legislature and individual legislators," he said. As district attorney, Gardner's office was responsible for all criminal prosecution from Yakutat...
...with the initiative he helped sponsor. "We probably should have put a limit on the number of bills that each individual legislator can introduce," he said. The quantity of work being demanded of staff and legislators hasn't decreased as...
...sue in Superior Court to correct errors within 30 days of the final adoption of the plan. Volland argued that individual legislators are affected by the map but the Legislature's ability to make laws is unaffected. The ruling is expected to...
...jobs in state government. "The purpose sought to be accomplished by that section is not merely to prevent an individual legislator from profiting by an action taken by him with bad motives but to prevent all legislators from being influenced...
...interests, he said. "How much technology is it going to take to go and watch each individual lobbyist and each individual legislator? Are we going to place a Web-cam on each person's head and follow them around all day?" said Chryson...
...constraint could make in-depth budget deliberations problematic, Chenault noted. "It takes time for each individual legislator to look at what is in the budget, convey the issues to constituents, and try to get feedback," he said...
...conservative," she said. Palin said local project decisions could be best be made by local governments, not by individual legislators in the state's budget. The state's budget will instead fully fund a $48 million revenue sharing program...
...three-fold. First, all of that oil money has made the state rich. Second, the party caucus system mandates individual legislators vote the party line or risk losing their chairmanships. Third, we seem to have a disproportional number of...