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Sen. Lisa Murkowski Hails Alaska Projects in Appropriations Bill
KTUU.comSen. Lisa Murkowski hailed a list of key Alaska projects Saturday she says were addressed in a $1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill, passed by the Senate, which will fund the remainder of the federal government’s 2012 fiscal year. In a...Tags: National Security, Air and Space Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Defense, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Arctic Offshore Drilling: Air Permitting Changes in Spending Bill
Channel 2 NewsArctic offshore drilling could move closer to development after new language was introduced in the House’s 2012 Department of Interior spending bill. Alaska’s D.C. delegation is praising language that transfers air quality authority from...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Don Young
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Begich Chairs Senate Hearing on Genetically Engineered Fish
Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, says the entire future of wild fish and fisheries is at stake in the fight against genetically engineered fish.
Begich, who is chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, held a...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Mark Begich, Economy, Business and Finance, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Companies and Corporations
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Shell's Chukchi Sea Offshore Drilling Exploration Plan Approved
Channel 2 NewsShell Oil Company’s exploration plan for summer 2012 offshore drilling in the Chukchi Sea was conditionally approved by the Department of the Interior on Friday. Among the conditions in the approval is a measure which requires Shell to cease...Tags: Mark Begich, Economy, Business and Finance, Oil Spills, Companies and Corporations, Environmental Pollution
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Alaska AFL-CIO Members Stage March at Sen. Lisa Murkowski's Anchorage Office
About 30 protestors staged a noon march in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s downtown office building on Monday. Most of those who took part belong to labor unions.
Their mission: to put a face on Alaska’s growing jobless problem.
Vince...Tags: AFL-CIO, Republican Party, Insurance, Unemployment Benefits
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Murkowski Questions Shell During Photo Op
Channel 2 NewsSen. Lisa Murkowski sat down with Shell oil company managers Friday, to learn more about their proposal to drill off Alaska’s coast next summer. Murkowski asked mostly about spill response and Shell Vice President Pete Slaiby explained in detail...Tags: Elections, Alaska, Companies and Corporations, Politics
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FBI Says White Powder Sent to Alaska Delegation's Offices Is 'Non-Threatening'
KTUU.comAll three members of Alaska's U.S. congressional delegation received packages containing a suspicious powder Monday. FBI spokesperson Eric Gonzalez described the powder sent to the offices as "non-threatening concrete material" Monday evening, saying...Tags: Mark Begich, Alaska, Don Young, Arizona, FBI
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Panel Focuses on Federal Land Management
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the arrest of a 71-year-old man on the Yukon River last September was the "tipping point" for relations between the state and federal land managers. Murkowski says the arrest of Jim Wilde of Central illustrates the need to...Tags: Land Resources, Natural Resources, Fairbanks
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Alaska to Mark 9/11 Anniversary with Ceremonies, Security
Channel 2 NewsSunday will mark the 10-year anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and Alaskans are planning to remember the date with both somber memorials and increased security at the state’s major military bases: • In Anchorage, a 9/11...Tags: Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Defense, Anchorage, Regional Authority
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Earmark Ban Further Delays National Archives Expansion
Channel 2 NewsThings are not looking good for a stalled federal construction project in midtown. The National Archives and Records Administration purchased a large plot of land in 2004, hoping to build a new facility, but the money ran out and lawmakers in...Tags: Mark Begich, Ted Stevens
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Senator Encourages EPA to Block Pebble Mine
Channel 2 NewsCongress is weighing in on the debate over the proposed gold and copper mine, known as Pebble Mine, in the Bristol Bay area. Monday, Washington state Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator...Tags: Maria Cantwell, Regional Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Water
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Obama Creates Group for Alaska Energy Development
President Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order creating an interagency working group to coordinate energy development in Alaska.
Interior Department Deputy Secretary David Hayes will chair the high-level group.
Hayes says on the White House blog...Tags: Science and Technology, Mark Begich, Alaska, Natural Gas, Natural Resources
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