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• Ban on Planned Parenthood from teaching sex ed voted down in Senate

  13-04-2016 22:56
  
  A bill to ban organizations like Planned Parenthood from teaching sex education in public schools failed in a House Committee Tuesday.
  Rep. Liz Vazquez, R-Anchorage, during a floor session of the Alaska House of Representatives, March 29, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Senate Bill 89, which would require parents to opt their kids into sex ed lessons, was introduced by Sen. Mike Dunleavy and narrowly passed House Education last month.
  On Tuesday afternoon the Health and Social
  
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• Ban on Planned Parenthood from teaching sex ed fails in House Committee

  13-04-2016 22:56
  
  
  A bill to ban organizations like Planned Parenthood from teaching sex education in public schools failed in a House Committee Tuesday.
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  Rep. Liz Vazquez, R-Anchorage, during a floor session of the Alaska House of Representatives, March 29, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Senate Bill 89, which would require parents to opt their kids into sex ed lessons, was introduced by Sen. Mike Dunleavy and narrowly passed House Education last month.
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• Longtime Chugiak lawmaker Bill Stoltze stuns Senate, says he is retiring

  13-04-2016 21:54
  
  Longtime Chugiak lawmaker Bill Stoltze stuns Senate, says he is retiring Chugiak Republican Sen. Bill Stoltze stunned fellow lawmakers Wednesday when he announced that he won’t seek re-election this year, saying in a floor speech that he has health problems.April 13, 2016
  
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• Longtime Chugiak lawmaker Bill Stoltze says he won't seek re-election

  13-04-2016 21:54
  
  Longtime Chugiak lawmaker Bill Stoltze says he won't seek re-election Chugiak Republican Sen. Bill Stoltze stunned fellow lawmakers Wednesday when he announced that he won’t seek re-election this year, saying in a floor speech that he has health problems.April 13, 2016
  
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• Empty 'missile' containers found floating off Alaska - New York Post

  13-04-2016 21:09
  
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  Empty 'missile' containers found floating off Alaska
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  Alaska Wildlife Troopers received reports of suspicious boxes floating in the marine waters near Craig, Alaska. Photo: Alaska Wildlife Troopers. Two large shipping containers, each stamped with the words “Contains: Guided Missile,” were discovered ...and more »
  
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• GOP party leaders say Mat-Su Republican is guilty of bipartisanship

  13-04-2016 05:56
  
  GOP party leaders say Mat-Su Republican is guilty of bipartisanshipLocal party officials say Rep. Jim Colver is seeking a coalition with Democrats, a claim Colver attributes to his upcoming re-election bid and occasional reluctance to toe the party line.April 12, 2016
  
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• Senate bill would zero out Cook Inlet tax credits in 2018

  13-04-2016 05:15
  
  Senate bill would zero out Cook Inlet tax credits in 2018 Oil industry supporters Tuesday morning panned the latest legislative measure proposing to change the state’s oil-tax system, attacking proposals such as one that would end oil tax credits in Cook Inlet in 2018 even though gas production taxes in the basin would be eliminated as a partial counterweight.April 12, 2016
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016

  13-04-2016 03:35
  
  
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  Senate Finance Permanent Fund bills could lower dividends, stabilize budget
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  The outlines of changes to the Permanent Fund became clearer today. Senate Finance Committee introduced a bill that would pay for much of
  
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• Small capital budget keeps $32.5M for LIO purchase, no mega-projects or port

  13-04-2016 03:14
  
  
  The Senate Finance Committee has released its first version of the capital budget, which tracks closely to the governor’s version with a few notable exceptions.
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  Silt build up around the pilings at the Port of Anchorage. Photo courtesy of Jim Jager, Port of Anchorage.The total amount of unrestricted general fund spending is $79.7, according to a staffer for Sen. Anna McKinnon, R-Eagle River, who co-chairs the finance committee. That figure pales in comparison to capital spend
  
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• Togiak tribe banishes Dillingham man for 10 years

  13-04-2016 02:35
  
  The Togiak traditional council has rolled out the “not welcome” mat to a Dillingham man they say has been importing alcohol and drugs into the community.
   This is the second time in a year that the Togiak tribe has banished an individual from the village. Last fall, local air carriers were informed that the first of them, a 23-year-old from Dillingham, was no longer welcome in Togiak. On Friday letters went out that the second had been banished as well. He, a brother to the firs
  
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• Delta cuts Juneau back to seasonal service

  13-04-2016 02:25
  
  If you’re planning a trip to Seattle after August, the price of plane tickets may go up. Delta Air Lines is stopping all flights to Juneau next fall, to return in May of 2017.
  (Photo by Heather Bryant, KTOO – Juneau)The airline competition has meant hot ticket prices, but Delta says the community’s reception has been chilly, so far.
  If you booked a flight between September to January through Delta, your chances of arriving in Seattle late were about four out of 10, according to
  
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• Senate lays out Permanent Fund changes

  13-04-2016 02:19
  
  The outlines of changes to the Permanent Fund became clearer today. Senate Finance Committee introduced a bill that would pay for much of the state government’s budget using the Fund’s earnings. It also would reduce residents’ Permanent Fund dividends, but make them more stable for the future.
  Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R- Anchorage on the floor of the Senate during debate about the state operating budget, March 14, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)The bill could be the basis for
  
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• Senate Finance Permanent Fund bills could lower dividends, stabilize budget

  13-04-2016 02:19
  
  The outlines of changes to the Permanent Fund became clearer on Tuesday. Senate Finance Committee introduced a bill that would pay for much of the state government’s budget using the Fund’s earnings. It also would reduce residents’ Permanent Fund dividends, but make them more stable for the future.
  Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R- Anchorage on the floor of the Senate during debate about the state operating budget, March 14, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)The bill could be the basi
  
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• Growing a modern workforce in Ketchikan

  13-04-2016 02:10
  The Ketchikan Shipyard. 2013 Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska.The Ketchikan Shipyard had a reputation in the 1980s and 90s as a giant money pit. The state spent millions to build it, and critics complained it couldn’t do cost-effective repairs. Operators lost money. The yard closed for two years. Then, with big infusions of state and federal cash, along with local support, the yard got going again. It now provides 200 year-round jobs and is building two major new ferries for the Alaska M
  
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• 2 hikers rescued from Kenai Peninsula Glacier

  13-04-2016 02:10
  Two hikers who were stranded on a glacier on the southern Kenai Peninsula since Friday night, were rescued by crews with the Alaska Air National Guard just after noon on Tuesday.
  Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park.
  (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)A spokesperson for the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, says that 36-year-old Jennifer Neyman of Wrangell, and 45-year-old Christopher Hanna of Soldotna were released to medical personnel at Central P
  
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• Empty missile containers discovered near Southeast

  13-04-2016 02:04
  
  Two large shipping containers, each stamped with the words “Contains: Guided Missile,” were discovered bobbing in the Pacific Ocean near the southeast Alaska island community of Craig.
  Alaska State Troopers say both were empty, and information from tags attached to the boxes was sent to U.S. military authorities.
  Troopers were investigating the discovery of one suspicious box Sunday when they got a radio message from a mariner that another one showed up.
  Clinton Cook Sr. told Anchora
  
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