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...work now to increase the chances that a solid plan will be in place by the 2014 elections.We disagree with Chairman John Torgerson, who said in April that the board would not resume its work until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules.The flaw...
...Rights Act-inspired goal of creating a Native influence district in Southeast. Alaska Redistricting Board Chair John Torgerson called the federal approval "an important milestone for the Board and the state of Alaska."The federal preclearance...
...rural, stretching from Fairbanks to the Bering Sea. House District 37 splits the Aleutian chain.Board Chairman John Torgerson said in a release that the board believes "the fix to House Districts 1 and 2 will be relatively straightforward...
...federal ruling said the redistricting plan adopted by the board did not diminish Native electoral clout. Board Chairman John Torgerson, a former Republican senator from Kasilof, called the preclearance decision "validation" of his board's work...
...Alaska Native voting strength as compared to how previous legislative districts were drawn.Redistricting board chair John Torgerson issued a press release Tuesday calling the preclearance "an important milestone" for the new district boundaries...
...board would begin work addressing House Districts 1 and 2, and anything else the court sends back.Board Chairman John Torgerson has said that the board believes "the fix to House Districts 1 and 2 will be relatively straightforward." Issues...
...election next year. "We changed every district around so much we need to have everybody run again," said board chair John Torgerson of Anchorage. He said the board would attempt to resolve that question today when its meetings resume. The board's...
Former Sen. John Torgerson of the Kenai Peninsula has been hired to oversee changes in the...layoffs are expected to result from the new plan, Wilson said. "John Torgerson has an absolutely fantastic political mind," she said. "He...
It's going to be slower going for Southeast's fast ferry. Sen. John Torgerson, a Kasilof Republican, pulled the fiscal plug on the construction of what's supposed to be Alaska' first fast ferry today...
Make Seward Highway a toll road By Avis Hayden In the interest of fairness I would like to see Sen. John Torgerson or any of the other senators who voted to make the Malaspina's Lynn Canal run pay for itself pass legislation to put a toll booth...