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Don't forget to thank a dispatcher this week

...suppression of fires and treatment of patients all the while exhibiting compassion, understanding and professionalism.The U.S. Congress has designated the second full week of April as National Public Safety Telecommunications Week since 1991.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-18/dont-forget-thank-dispatcher-week
Local
Citizens Council calls for increased spill funding

...for spill prevention measures nationwide;4. Increase the OPA 90 financial liability limits for spills.If the U.S. Congress passes legislation based on the RCAC resolution, it would constitute the most significant increase in oil spill prevention...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-09/citizens-council-calls-increased-spil
Opinion
My Turn: SB 55 would raise insurance rates for Alaska consumers

...all have laws that ban the use of credit scores in certain insurance underwriting circumstances. And in 2012, the U.S. Congress considered a bill to protect consumers from using credit scores to justify charging drivers more for auto insurance...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-25/my-turn-sb-55-would-raise-insurance-r
Opinion
Budget includes language on lieutenant gov lodging

...bought in 1928 and lived in until his death in 1939.Wickersham was a U.S. District judge and a delegate to the U.S. Congress.The amendment says the house would remain accessible to the public for tours and special events scheduled by the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-27
State
Small gathering marked Anthony J. Dimond Day

...in the 1920s and early 1930s. He was the mayor of Valdez for nine years, and then a delegate from Alaska to the U.S. Congress from 1933 to 1945.At the time of his death on May 29, 1953, he was a judge for the District Court of Alaska...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-12-02/small-gathering-marked-anthony-j-dimond
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The Second Amendment has limits

...not hunting weapons. And the vast majority of Americans don't think they're needed for self defense. So if the U.S. Congress bans them, as they should, then it's highly unlikely Alaska's lawmakers can do anything about it.? Moniak...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-20/second-amendment-has-limits
Opinion
NTSB: First report on fatal plane crash to be published Friday

...to Gustavus, Hoonah, Haines, Skagway and Kake.The NTSB is an independent government agency that answers to the U.S. Congress. It investigates every civil aviation accident in the U.S. and also has the authority to cite the FAA for regulatory...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-09/ntsb-first-report-fatal-plane-crash-be-
Local
Equality - There is Work to be Done

...did not go away. In 1878, a Constitutional Amendment to enable the vote for women was first introduced into the U.S. Congress. Each year thereafter, a similar amendment was offered up ? and failed ? until 1920. That sentinel event some 42...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-08-23/equality-there-work-be-done
Opinion
Juneau celebrates Filipino American History Month

...resolution the year before recognizing October 2010 as Filipino American History Month in Alaska, shortly after the U.S. Congress first proclaimed Filipino American History Month nationwide."I have a lot of dear friends that are Filipinos...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-10-12/juneau-celebrates-filipino-american-his
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Allowing tax cuts to expire would push America's struggling economy off cliff

WASHINGTON - No piece of legislation before the U.S. Congress requires action more urgently than extending the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. Failure to act will deal a devastating blow to our...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-27/allowing-tax-cuts-expire-would-push-a
Opinion

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