...noted Alaska's minimum - of $7.75 an hour - is higher than the national minimum, of $7.25 an hour. A 2009 state law calls for the minimum in Alaska to be 50 cents higher than the national floor. Miller also has said unemployment compensation...
...Senate campaign in more than 50 years. Miller believes the state's running of the election favored Murkowski. State law calls for write-in ballots to have the candidate's last name or name as it appears on the declaration of candidacy written...
...meaning, he said, that ballots with misspellings may have been counted for Murkowski without being challenged. State law calls for write-in ballots to have the ovals filled in and the candidate's last name or name as it appears on the declaration...
...after that, a petition to create a new borough in that area was rejected by the state Local Boundary Commission. State law calls for a minimum number of local governments, said Dan Bockhorst, a boundary commission staff member. The law says...
...West Coast, to $6.40. He said there should be another hike next year and inflationary adjustments thereafter. State law calls for the Alaska minimum wage to be 50 cents higher than the federal rate, and the last increase was in September 1997...
Gov. Knowles has 30 days to replace Pearce State laws calls for replacing senator with another Republican THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gov. Tony Knowles must decide within the next month who should...
...Democratic Party had set its own criteria that candidates be registered as Democrats for at least one year, beyond what state law calls for, to be eligible for the recommendation. "We believe Beth is the most qualified candidate to fill that seat...
...this case after former Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau, resigned to take a position with the Obama administration. State law calls for Palin to appoint "a qualified person;" instead, Palin appointed three. The move sparked quick criticism from...
...West Coast, to $6.40. He said there should be another hike next year and inflationary adjustments thereafter. State law calls for the Alaska minimum wage to be 50 cents higher than the federal rate, and the last increase was in September 1997...
Gov. Tony Knowles must decide within the next month who should replace Anchorage Sen. Drue Pearce, who resigned her Senate seat effective Monday to take a Department of Interior job in Washington, D.C.
Juneau Empire ©2011. All Rights Reserved.