...available, Kemp said. Two of the biggest items in the six-year, $286 billion bill are the earmarks by House Transportation Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska, for the bridge across the Knik Arm near Anchorage and for another bridge to Gravina...
...concern is knowing exactly what the state's obligation is going to be in the long run," he said. Senate Transportation Chairman Albert Kookesh, a Democrat from Angoon, said questions about cost will be hashed out in the Finance Committee...
...criticize anybody who's currently operating or who had a part in implementing the system." And Murray Walsh, transportation chairman for the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, noted that the state has yet to operate a fast vehicle ferry. "That's...
...stymie majority rule, he said. "I would probably try to stop the bill in the committee." In the Senate, Transportation Chairman John Cowdery, an Anchorage Republican, said he wants to see if the Knowles bill is really necessary on top...
...fewer than 250. The U.S. Cruise Ship Association sought those amendments, one of the reasons that Senate Transportation Chairman John Cowdery, an Anchorage Republican, gave for not advancing the bill over the weekend. However, association...
...passenger fee to pay for state oversight and what would be the world's first discharge limits on graywater. Senate Transportation Chairman John Cowdery, an Anchorage Republican, said there were too many problems with the bill to be worked out in the...
...committee hearing delayed action on the cruise ship legislation in the Senate Transportation Committee. But Transportation Chairman John Cowdery, an Anchorage Republican, agreed that the Katie John case is "the most important thing we can...
...passenger fee to pay for state oversight and what would be the world's first discharge limits on graywater. Senate Transportation Chairman John Cowdery, an Anchorage Republican, said there were too many problems with the bill to be worked out in...
...committee hearing delayed action on the cruise ship legislation in the Senate Transportation Committee. But Transportation Chairman John Cowdery, an Anchorage Republican, agreed that the Katie John case is "the most important thing we can...
...Young said. "I'm the little boy in the room full of horse manure. "I'm looking for the pony." As Transportation chairman, Young was a prime author of the bill passed by the Republican-led House in early April. The House version...
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