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As US drone strikes rise in Yemen, so does anger

...Barack Obama. "One never knows where the next drone will strike nor how many innocent victims will die."At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington last week on the drone program, Farea al-Muslimi, a Yemeni whose village had been...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-03/us-drone-strikes-rise-yemen-so-does-a
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Bill against federal gun control could be headed to Senate floor

...bill passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. It now goes...as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, proposed an amendment...public testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee to protest the felony provision's...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-04/bill-against-federal-gun-control-could-
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Coghill vows to work with Stedman on sea otter bounty bill

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Friday afternoon during a committee hearing that he will work with Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, on the Southeast Islands...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-06/coghill-vows-work-stedman-sea-otter-bou
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Three things to watch for in the state Legislature

...move.An abortion bill, school vouchers and budget closeouts are among the highlights this week.AbortionThe Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing Wednesday on a bill that would define "medically necessary" abortions.SB49 pertains...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-25/three-things-watch-state-legislature
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Egan bill would 'close a loophole' in drug law

...just JPD," Egan said. "It's statewide this stuff is happening."S.B. 66 has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Egan said he has already requested a hearing on the bill.Senate Majority Leader John Coghill, R-North...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-02/egan-bill-would-close-loophole-drug-law
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Comment continues on proposed education funds amendment

JUNEAU - The Senate Judiciary Committee continued hearing public testimony Monday about a constitutional amendment that would allow public funds to be used for private...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-19/comment-continues-proposed-education-fu
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Report: Extent of Alaska human trafficking unclear

...Trafficking, Promoting Prostitution and Sex Trafficking presented its findings to a joint session of the House and Senate judiciary committees Wednesday. Legislation passed last year called for the creation of a task force that would look at the prevalence...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-21/report-extent-alaska-human-trafficking-
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Tension over proposed amendment to crime bill

...report if they have a reasonable suspicion that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect.On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced amendments to the bill for the first time, one of which would remove volunteers from the list of...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-26/tension-over-proposed-amendment-crime-b
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Mixed messages on Egan's future after controversial vote

...prohibition on direct public funding of private and religious schools, be removed in favor of a referral to the Senate Judiciary Committee - chaired by Senate Majority Leader John Coghill, R-North Pole, who is cosponsoring the resolution.Egan...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-18/mixed-messages-egans-future-after-contr
State
Experts testify on abortion bill

...human development and family studies, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that abortion in fact is a "substantial contributing...obtain an abortion.Coghill, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Planned Parenthood would have a chance...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-28/experts-testify-abortion-bill
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