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SE lawmaker proposes $2 billion fund for transportation

...the federal government is expected to reduce transportation funding going forward, she said. Spending state cash...total reliance on the federal government for transportation funding. It would allow the state to "start preparing...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-27/se-lawmaker-proposes-2-billion-fund-tra
State
Ferry sailings spike during Celebration

...Even if they did, Woodrow added, the AMHS is not a net revenue generator for the state of Alaska. Federal transportation funding helps support the system, which also serves coastal communities in British Columbia and Washington."The ferry...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-06-20/ferry-sailings-spike-during-celebration
Local
State transportation fund takes step forward

...have to shoulder more of the responsibility for transportation funding in the state of Alaska," Wilson told the committee...state could lose as much as half its federal transportation funding.The new fund would give the state money with...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-04/state-transportation-fund-takes-step-fo
State
Canadians pitch ideas for cross-border links

...meeting, that they want to improve their connections to Alaska. The bad news, said one of the speakers, is that transportation funding is simply not a federal priority in Ottawa. "It's just not on the radar screen," said Graham Kedgley...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032405/sta_20050324022.shtml
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Mixed reviews for Alaska's school funding increase

...cleared the Senate would have guaranteed annual transportation funding increases based on the Consumer Price Index...districts contribute to their schools.The change in transportation funding met little opposition, and funding for vocational...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-18/mixed-reviews-alaskas-school-funding-in
State
JSD budget adds back nearly $1.2 million

...significantly changed funding for the district's budget and the city's budget.Means said it increases pupil transportation funding, increases vocational education in the Foundation Program from 1.01 to 1.015 and changes the required local...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-04-25/jsd-budget-adds-back-nearly-12-million
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ADOT shares transportation plan with city

...because the system as a whole only recoups about 32 percent of what it spends to operate.Ottesen spoke of transportation funding and said while Alaska has received a great deal of Outside support for its infrastructure, it is facing a significant...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-10-12/adot-shares-transportation-plan-city
Local
UAF researchers focus on better, less expensive roads in rural Alaska

...widespread, but he said the results so far are extremely promising. With the prospects for generous federal transportation funding looking bleaker each year, Adler said it's crucial that state planners find cheaper methods for building and...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-10/uaf-researchers-focus-better-less-expen
State
White House opposes Young transportation plan

...secretaries have urged the president to veto any transportation funding bill that requires an increase in gas taxes...In their letter, Mineta and Snow said any transportation funding bill had to meet three criteria or they would...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/020904/sta_young.shtml
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Empire editorial: Retain disputed bus routes for safety

...proposed cutting several short school bus routes last year, the idea was to save money. The state had changed its transportation funding formula, and the district had to dip into instructional funds to pay for buses. It decided to cut service to...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061005/opi_20050610006.shtml
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