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• Legislative Update

  29-03-2016 20:45
  
  
  Alaska’s legislative session is underway. Alaska Edition host, Ellen Lockyer, checks in on some of the big news actions.
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  HOST: Ellen Lockyer
  GUESTS:Mouhcine Guettabi, ISER Economist
  Andrew Kitchenman, State Government Reporter, KTOO/Alaska Public MediaKSKA (FM 91.1) BROADCAST: Friday, March 25, at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, March 26, at 6:00 p.m.
  Alaska Public Television BROADCAST: Friday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 26, at 6:00 p.m.
  
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• Alaskan Volcano Eases After Eruption

  29-03-2016 20:00 via nytimes.com
  The eruption of Pavlof Volcano on Sunday sent a giant cloud of ash into the state, forcing the cancellation of flights.
  
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• Top scientists back federal plan to protect Alaska predators - The Guardian

  29-03-2016 18:44
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  Top scientists back federal plan to protect Alaska predators
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  A brown bear hunts salmon in Alaska's Katmai national park. Planned federal rule changes would give predators like this some respite from hunters. Photograph: Olly Scholey/BBC/Silverback Films/Olly Scholey. Oliver Milman · @olliemilman. Tuesday 29 ...
  

• Alaska GOP lets Rubio keep the delegates he won

  29-03-2016 16:14
  
  Alaska GOP lets Rubio keep the delegates he won The Alaska Republican Party has decided to let Marco Rubio keep the five delegates he won during the state's presidential preference poll this month, even though Rubio suspended his campaign.March 29, 2016
  
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• Baked Alaska: A Creation Story Shrouded In Mystery - NPR

  29-03-2016 13:00
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  Baked Alaska: A Creation Story Shrouded In Mystery
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  On March 30, 1867, for a mere $7.2 million — about two cents per acre — the U.S. bought land from Russia that would eventually make Alaska its 49th state, gaining a delicious fringe benefit in the process: Baked Alaska. No, this igloo-shaped dessert ...and more »
  

• New Senate bills end scholarships, shift pension obligations to cities and schools

  29-03-2016 06:19
  
  New Senate bills end scholarships, shift pension obligations to cities and schools Alaska Senate leaders proposed Monday to roll back a signature college scholarship program of former Gov. Sean Parnell’s and pass pension costs to cities and school districts as lawmakers continue to hunt for cuts to fix the state’s budget crisis.March 28, 2016
  
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• Rubio opts to keep his 5 Alaskan delegates

  29-03-2016 04:20
  
  
  In other presidential news, former candidate Marco Rubio, senator from Florida, has asked to keep the five delegates awarded to him during Alaska’s Presidential Preference Poll earlier this month.
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  Former 2016 Republican nominee for president, Governor Marco Rubio (Creative commons photo by Gage Skidmore)Rubio sent the letter to Alaska GOP Chairman Peter S. Goldberg, and the request has been granted. The move leaves Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 12 delegates, and New York business
  
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• Flights cancelled as Pavlov continues to spew ash

  29-03-2016 04:06
  
  
  Alaska Airlines is canceling dozens of flights as Pavlof volcano, on the Alaska Peninsula – spews ash more than 30 thousand feet in the air.
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  Pavlof volcano in eruption, March 27, 2016. (Photo courtesy of Colt Snapp, taken from a flight enroute to Anchorage, from Dutch Harbor)Satellite images from the Alaska Volcano Observatory show the ash cloud from Sunday’s eruption stretching in an arc across the state Monday, reaching into Canada by late afternoon.
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Mar. 28, 2016

  29-03-2016 04:06
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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  Bill increasing contributions to pensions proposed in AK Senate
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  Bills calling for increased local contributions to two state pension programs and an overhaul of a community assistance program have been proposed in the Alaska S
  
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• Arctic submarine maneuvers test capability below the ice

  29-03-2016 03:36
  
  
  Diminishing Arctic Ocean ice due to climate warming has been blamed for everything from changing weather patterns to the decline of animals that rely on frozen habitat. But submarines? Seriously, the US Navy has studied the Arctic ice for over half a century, using submarines to explore changes beneath the frozen surface.  This invaluable data has a dual purpose.
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  Tim Gallaudet (Photo by Ellen Lockyer)Picture this.. an unbroken landscape of white stretching beyond the hor
  
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• Juneau to Barrow, data shows Sanders landslide consistent across state

  29-03-2016 03:30
  
  
  Alaska Democrats have overwhelmingly picked Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as their choice for the party’s presidential nominee over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. With all 40 state districts reporting, Sanders has 81 percent of the vote, tentatively securing the bulk of Alaska’s 20 delegates to the national convention in July.
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  Bernie Sanders supports from Anchorage’s District 18, who were led outside to caucus in the parking lot of West High Sch
  
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• Alaska, Hawaii, Washington State Overwhelmingly 'White, Rural'? - snopes.com

  29-03-2016 02:56
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  Alaska, Hawaii, Washington State Overwhelmingly 'White, Rural'?
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  Voters took umbrage with coverage of Alaska, Hawaii, Washington Democratic caucuses characterizing voters as ethnically homogenous. Brooke Binkowski. Mar 28, 2016. Share. -. -. Flickr/Roger Ahlbrand. Claim: Alaska, Hawaii, Washington states are ...
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  Bernie Sanders Wins Landslides in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii; Corporate Media Downplays ThemDemocracy Now!
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• ‘Roadless Rule’ gets small victory due to Supreme Court inaction

  29-03-2016 02:27
  
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a case that could have expanded logging in Southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.
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  Aerial view of Tongass National Forest (Photo by Alan Wu/Flickr Creative Commons)It’s the final step in a legal battle against what’s called the Roadless Rule, which bans logging and road-building in most undeveloped national forest areas.
  The rule was put in place in 2001, but Alaska later won an exemption.
  A western appeals court ruled
  
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• Seeking Democratic nom, De La Fuente campaigns in-state, in Sitka

  29-03-2016 02:20
  
  While Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton marshaled support in Washington this weekend, a lesser known candidate – Rocky De La Fuente  came to Alaska. De La Fuente was the only presidential hopeful in the state for the democratic caucus. And he brought his campaign – with its dark horse ambitions – to Sitka.
  Democratic presidential candidate Rocky De La Fuente in Sitka (Photo by Emily Kwong, KCAW – Sitka)Sixty-one-year old Rocky De La Fuente is the most determined Dem
  
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• Alaska Supreme Court: State must enforce Central Council’s child support orders

  29-03-2016 02:13
  
  
  The State of Alaska must recognize and enforce the Tlingit-Haida Central Council’s child support orders, according to a state Supreme Court decision issued Friday. That’s something the Walker administration chose to do when it signed an agreement with the Central Council earlier this month. The state Supreme Court decision basically makes that agreement legally binding regardless of any new administration that might want to renege.
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  Gov. Bill Walker, Lt. Gov. Byron Mall
  
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• Bill requiring background checks for marijuana sellers in limbo

  29-03-2016 02:05
  
  
  Marijuana businesses are scheduled to open in June, after the state issues licenses. But there’s a hitch – the state won’t issue licenses until the Legislature passes a bill that allows for national criminal background checks, among other provisions. And  that bill is currently in limbo.
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  Cannabis Plant. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has put the brakes on issuing licenses until it can do national criminal backgrou
  
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• Senate bills would cut revenue sharing, shift pension costs to municipalities

  29-03-2016 02:04
  
  
  Bills calling for increased local contributions to two state pension programs and an overhaul of a community assistance program have been proposed in the Alaska Senate as lawmakers look to further cut costs amid a bulging budget deficit.
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  Senate President Kevin Meyer, Jan. 26, 2015. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Measures introduced Monday would increase local contributions to the public employees’ and teachers’ retirement systems. They also would phase-out a state-spons
  
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• Bill increasing contributions to pensions proposed in AK Senate

  29-03-2016 02:04
  
  
  Bills calling for increased local contributions to two state pension programs and an overhaul of a community assistance program have been proposed in the Alaska Senate as lawmakers look to further cut costs amid a bulging budget deficit.
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  Senate President Kevin Meyer, Jan. 26, 2015. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Measures introduced Monday would increase local contributions to the public employees’ and teachers’ retirement systems. They also would phase-out a state-spons
  
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• Pavlof Volcano Erupts, Covers 400 Miles of Alaska in Ash - NBCNews.com

  29-03-2016 02:03
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  Pavlof Volcano Erupts, Covers 400 Miles of Alaska in Ash
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  Strong winds Monday pushed an ash cloud from an Alaska volcano into the heart of the state, grounding flights and limiting travel to western and northern communities off the road system. Pavlof Volcano, one of Alaska's most active volcanoes, is 625 ...
  Alaska volcano spews smaller amounts of ash at lower levelsWRAL.com
  Alaska's Mount Pavlof volcano settles down, and so do flight disruptionsGeekWire
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