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Erika Bolstad
Congressmen seeking 72-hour delay to read legislation
Several Democrats and many Republicans who are circulating what's known as a "discharge petition" that would give delay voting on any legislation for 72 hours to allow legislators to read it. | 09/24/09 19:25:52 By - Erika Bolstad
Alaska senator's effort to block EPA on carbon emissions fails
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, wanted to limit for a year the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and other stationary sources of pollution. Murkowski objected to the agency's using the Clean Air Act to limit emissions, as required by a 2007 Supreme Court ruling. | 09/24/09 17:58:12 By - Erika Bolstad
Alaska's Murkowski proposes stalling EPA's gas emission rules
Environmentalists say they're disappointed in a proposal by Sen. Lisa Murkowski to force the Environmental Protection Agency to hold off for a year on regulating so-called "stationary" emitters of greenhouse gases, such as power plants. | 09/22/09 06:37:50 By - Erika Bolstad
Alaska Gov. Parnell asks to open Arctic seas for gas, oil exploration
In his first trip out of state since he replaced Sarah Palin as Alaska's governor, Sean Parnell urged the Obama administration to consider the state's perspective as it weighs whether to allow oil exploration to go forward in Arctic waters. The Obama administration is reviewing a Bush-era proposal on oil, gas leases. | 09/18/09 06:44:04 By - Erika Bolstad
Begich, Murkowski give mixed responses to health care legislation
Sen. Mark Begich said he's optimistic about the long-awaited health care legislation made public Wednesday by the Senate Finance Committee. Reflecting the partisan split on health care reform, Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski offered a more tepid assessment of the proposal. | 09/17/09 06:40:03 By - Erika Bolstad
Alaska's Begich, Murkowski and Young agree on health care goals, not on details
They may disagree on the details, but after President Barack Obama's speech, all three of Alaska's representatives in Washington were in alignment Wednesday on what they want to see come out of the health care debate: more affordable and accessible health care for more Americans. | 09/10/09 06:38:49 By - Erika Bolstad
Alaska's Rat Island apparently rid of its namesake pest
After two centuries of an epic infestation, Alaska's Rat Island finally may merit a name change. The island, part of a national wildlife refuge in the sprawling Aleutian chain, appears to be pest-free for the first time since rats overran it after a Japanese sailing ship wrecked there in the late 1700s. | 08/24/09 06:00:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Palin fathers will campaign for Idaho Republican candidate
The fathers of Sarah and Todd Palin will be joining forces this month to help an Idaho congressional candidate who's getting an early start on his 2010 election bid. Both Chuck Heath and Jim Palin will be in Idaho later on this month to help out Vaughn Ward, a Republican candidate for Congress. | 08/10/09 15:20:23 By - Erika Bolstad
California lawmakers take aim at Alaska's aerial wolf hunts
Alaska's predator-control program to kill wolves, which drew renewed national scrutiny last year during former Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for vice president, is under attack again in Congress. | 08/07/09 18:47:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Study finds 3 Northwest glaciers shrinking faster
Climate change is shrinking three of the nation's most studied glaciers at an accelerated rate, and government scientists say that finding bolsters global concerns about rising sea levels and the availability of fresh drinking water. | 08/06/09 18:54:00 By - Les Blumenthal and Erika Bolstad
Senate fails, narrowly, to ease carrying guns between states
The measure, which would have let people with a concealed weapon permit in one state carry a concealed weapon in other states that issue such permits, failed by just two votes from being added to the Defense appropriations bill. More than 400 mayors and top law enforcement officials opposed the measure. | 07/22/09 13:34:00 By - Erika Bolstad
New head of Indian affairs acknowledges big challenge
It's a neglected federal agency whose bureaucracy one chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee likened to having the efficiency of "walking through wet cement." | 07/19/09 15:29:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Senate panel: Alaska Native firms have unfair advantage
Alaska Native corporations are no longer small businesses, yet they still enjoy advantages under Small Business Administration rules that allow them to elbow out smaller firms for no-bid contracts, a Senate oversight panel found. | 07/16/09 20:10:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Senators to look at Alaska Native corporations' no-bid contracts
Wealthy Alaska Native corporations that benefit from no-bid federal contracts have used their special preference program far beyond its original purpose, said Sen. Claire McCaskill, whose Senate oversight subcommittee will examine Thursday how some of those companies have used federal small-business guidelines to fuel their explosive growth. | 07/15/09 18:39:00 By - Erika Bolstad
Alaska's Young still paying legal bills from campaign funds
Disclosure forms filed this week with the Federal Election Commission show Rep. Don Young spent at least $37,267 on lawyers over the past three months for legal work they did on federal investigations involving Young. In the first quarter, his campaign paid none of his legal bills. | 07/15/09 17:39:36 By - Erika Bolstad
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