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• Legislature will stay in Juneau, move down the hill from Capitol

  26-04-2016 23:06
  
  Legislature will stay in Juneau, move down the hill from Capitol Alaska legislative leaders have agreed to move to a temporary space in Juneau after May 2, when a renovation project will force lawmakers out of the Capitol.April 26, 2016
  
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• New oil-tax draft emerges from Alaska House, adds millions to savings

  26-04-2016 22:57
  
  New oil-tax draft emerges from Alaska House, adds millions to savings A new House version of Gov. Bill Walker’s legislation to change the state’s oil tax regime could save the state up to $275 million in 2018 and 2019, compared to the previous version that would have saved no more than $200 million.April 26, 2016
  
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• Prominent senator doesn't hew line in case to loosen state's contribution limits

  26-04-2016 06:14
  
  Prominent senator doesn't hew line in case to loosen state's contribution limits Longtime politician and state Sen. John Coghill said he supports raising individual donor limits, but he called the state’s nonresident contribution limits reasonable, running counter to an argument by plaintiffs who put him on the witness stand.  April 25, 2016
  
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• Prominent lawmaker doesn't hew line in case to loosen state's contribution limits

  26-04-2016 06:14
  
  Prominent lawmaker doesn't hew line in case to loosen state's contribution limits Longtime politician and state Sen. John Coghill said he supports raising individual donor limits, but he called the state’s nonresident contribution limits reasonable, running counter to an argument by plaintiffs who put him on the witness stand.  April 25, 2016
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Apr. 25, 2016

  26-04-2016 03:43
  
  
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  Alaska Republican donors go to court over increasing campaign contribution limits
  Liz Ruskin, APRN – Anchorage
  Money is the lifeblood of a political campaign, and if a legal challenge to Alaska’s campaign contribution limits succeeds, there
  
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• Two Rivers man dies in weekend four-wheeler rollover

  26-04-2016 03:32
  
  
  A Two Rivers man died in a weekend crash of an all-terrain vehicle.
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  Alaska State Troopers say 55-year-old Daniel Begis died early Saturday morning.
  Troopers say Begis had been driving south on Grange Hall Road when his four-wheeler rolled several times. He was not wearing a helmet. Emergency responders said Begis was dead at the scene.
  Troopers say alcohol was a factor in the crash.
  An autopsy has been ordered.
  Two Rivers is an unincorporated community east of Fairbanks along Mile
  
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• Senate president aims to finish session in Juneau

  26-04-2016 02:53
  
  
  The Legislature didn’t take any actions Monday as it began the second week after the scheduled end of the session. But Senate President Kevin Meyer said he’d like to see the Legislature complete its work soon.
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  Senate President Kevin Meyer, Jan. 26, 2015. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)“In my mind … as longer as we’re making progress, let’s just keep working,” Meyer said. 
  The biggest stumbling block for comple
  
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• The Ecology of Breast Cancer: Researching the risks for breast cancer

  26-04-2016 02:48
  
  
  Going beyond known risk factors for breast cancer has led to research that looks at the ecology of risk. Dr Ted Schettler is the science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. He is also the author of The Ecology of Breast Cancer: The promise of prevention and the hope for healing. Dr Schettler says considering all the conditions that cancer arises from, means not just individual risks such as genetics, but community, ecosystem and societal concerns.
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• Alaska Republican donors go to court to increase campaign contribution caps

  26-04-2016 02:14
  
  
  Money is the lifeblood of a political campaign, and if a legal challenge to Alaska’s campaign contribution limits succeeds, there could be more of it. APRN’s Liz Ruskin attended the first day of a trial in U.S. District Court in Anchorage today.
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  TOWNSEND: Liz, who initiated this lawsuit?
  RUSKIN: The lawsuit was filed by individual Republican donors, and District 18 of the state Republican Party. The three named plaintiffs were witnesses today. All of them said they wan
  
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• Alaska Republican donors go to court to boost campaign contribution caps

  26-04-2016 02:14
  
  
  Money is the lifeblood of a political campaign, and if a legal challenge to Alaska’s campaign contribution limits succeeds, there could be more of it. APRN’s Liz Ruskin attended the first day of a trial in U.S. District Court in Anchorage today.
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  TOWNSEND: Liz, who initiated this lawsuit?
  RUSKIN: The lawsuit was filed by individual Republican donors, and District 18 of the state Republican Party. The three named plaintiffs were witnesses today. All of them said they wan
  
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• Alaska Republican donors go to court over increasing campaign contribution limits

  26-04-2016 02:14
  
  Money is the lifeblood of a political campaign, and if a legal challenge to Alaska’s campaign contribution limits succeeds, there could be more of it. APRN’s Liz Ruskin attended the first day of a trial in U.S. District Court in Anchorage today.
  TOWNSEND: Liz, who initiated this lawsuit?
  RUSKIN: The lawsuit was filed by individual Republican donors, and District 18 of the state Republican Party. The three named plaintiffs were witnesses today. All of them said they wanted to give mor
  
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• Bristol Bay Native Corporation plans to acquire Katmailand

  26-04-2016 01:43
  
  The Bristol Bay Native Corporation announced plans to acquire Katmailand, Inc., a long running sport fishing and bear viewing operation in and around Katmai National Park.
  Brooks Lodge (Photo courtesy of Katmailand)Katmailand, Inc. is a major sport fishing and bear viewing lodge operation, built and founded by Ray Petersen in 1950 … which predates Katmai National Park by 30 years. Today it is the largest operator within the park, taking tourists from around the world to iconic Brooks Fall
  
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• Supporting families on both sides of foster care

  26-04-2016 01:42
  
  Rebecca Billings with her son Samuel during a family visitation at Beacon Hill. (Photo by Anne Hillman, KSKA – Anchorage)Foster care doesn’t just impact kids. It changes the lives of entire families — and foster families. So how do we support both those who lose their children and those who take them in? We’ll talk about supporting the foster care system on the next Talk of Alaska statewide.
  HOST: Anne Hillman
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  Paul Cornils, from Alaska You
  
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• Dillingham wins first overall and sportsmanship at state NYO

  26-04-2016 01:08
  The statewide Native Youth Olympics tournament wrapped up Saturday after three days of competition.
  Dillingham earned the rare distinction of winning both first place overall and the top sportsmanship award.
  Dillingham sophomore Britney Dray hopped over 127 feet – 13 feet farther than the second place competitor. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Tennyson) “Ow, ow, ow, ow…” cheered the crowd at the Native Youth Games.NYO fans are both cheering and wincing as they watch the f
  
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• Zombie crabs: Barnacle infects king crab populations

  26-04-2016 00:53
  
  Zombies are real. They’re walking around on the bottom of Alaska’s ocean, mindlessly incubating the next generation of creatures that will, in turn, create even more zombies.
  An infected red king crab with an egg sac of the parasitic barnacle.(Photo courtesy of Leah Sloan)Imagine a king crab, living the good life. He’s minding his own business, happily scavenging the bottom of the ocean for food with his fellow crabs, when all of a sudden he’s attacked and infected. The i
  
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• Warm water Blob may be sending salmon forecasts awry

  26-04-2016 00:15
  
  Fisheries researchers say the appearance of a warm water anomaly in the northeast Pacific Ocean likely added a new wrinkle into recent predictions of Alaska salmon runs that are used by commercial fishing industry for the upcoming season’s planning. Because of the variability of West Coast salmon populations, a simple cause and effect may be impossible to pin down.
  A seiner fishing for salmon off the coast of Raspberry Island in July 2009. (Public domain photo courtesy of NancyHeise)Biolog
  
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