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Topic: Alaska State Senate

	Action Disregards Sentiment of Alaskan Voters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Juneau, AK -- The Alaska State Senate today passed legislation (SB 74) by a margin of 14 - 6 which directly contradicts a key element of a citizen-enacted ban on same-day airborne wolf shooting approved in November 1996.
		Under state law, the legislature may attempt to repeal or amend the same-day airborne wolf shooting ban by a majority vote after February 28, 1999, two years from the date when the initiative was certified.
		Ultimately, the Alaska State Supreme Court rejected that argument and ruled that natural resource issues, such as same-day airborne wolf hunting, are subject to the initiative process under the state constitution.
	www.defenders.org /releases/pr1999/pr03499a.html (853 words)

	Alaska Legislature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska.
		The upper house is the Alaska Senate, which has 20 members.
		The lower house is the Alaska House of Representatives which is composed of 40 members.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alaska_Legislature (132 words)

	California State Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature.
		Prior to 1968, state senate districts were restricted such that one county could only hold at most one seat.
		The Senators from the even-numbered districts are elected in the intervening even-numbered years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/California_State_Senate (344 words)

	Alaska Public Offices Commission
		Alaska Statute 15.13.074(g) prohibits a registered lobbyist from contributing to legislative candidates in districts outside the district in which the lobbyist is eligible to vote.
		The State defends these limits as necessary to "avoid the risks of corruption and its appearance that large contributions create, without interfering with the expressive and associational aspects of contributing." The State acknowledges that to be held valid, the limits cannot undermine "robust and effective" public debate and must withstand strict scrutiny.
		The State argues that these limits are necessary to prevent groups and individuals from circumventing their contribution limits by funneling contributions through political parties; in support it cites APOC inquiries regarding use of political parties to pass funds to candidates.
	www.state.ak.us /apoc/court.htm (11210 words)

	Alaska State Legislature
		Alaska's legislature is a bicameral legislature comprising the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives and the 20-member Alaska Senate.
		The Alaska Legislature makes up the legislative branch of Alaska government, and is responsible for the enactment of laws and the appropriation of monies necessary to finance the operations of state government.
		On behalf of the Alaska State Legislature, the division conducts financial and performance audits of Alaska state agencies and grantees for the purpose of evaluating the administration of state programs and ensuring that agencies are held accountable to the laws enacted by the legislature.
	justice.uaa.alaska.edu /rlinks/government/ak_legislature.html (526 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the state of Alaska - History
		From 1867 until 1898 was a period of total neglect in the administration of the Territory by the United States.
		This gave Alaska a say in the laws that were being passed to administer the Territory.
		On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially proclaimed the forty-ninth state of the Union.
	www.theus50.com /alaska/history.shtml (1031 words)

	Alaska
		The motto is meant to represent Alaska as a land of promise.
		The trees symbolize Alaska’s wealth of forests, and the farmer, his horse, and the three shocks of wheat represent Alaskan agriculture.
		Alaska Day is the anniversary of the formal transfer of the territory and the raising of the US.
	fairbanks-alaska.com /alaska-history.htm (927 words)

	OCS - Hearing - R. Taylor Testimony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alaska is also one of the several states which has active federal outer continental shelf (OCS) oil and gas development taking place off its shores.
		Alaska has been blessed with a wealth of natural resources and their orderly development is a crucial element in our economy.
		At the same time, however, it is important that the United States government recognize the necessity and equity of allowing Alaska and other coastal states to share directly in the benefits of the developing OCS resources so as to better enable them to deal with the very real impacts and responsibilities which they create.
	www.landrights.org /OCS/OCS.hearing.senate.DC.taylor.htm (3021 words)

	Advisory Board Members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Victor Fischer was a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, after which he served in the territorial House of Representatives and the Alaska State Senate.
		She served as Chief Clerk to the Constitutional Convention and was secretary of the State Senate.
		Parker served as a researcher at the University of Alaska, a member of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough Assembly, and the Commissioner of Highways for the State of Alaska.
	www.alaska.edu /creatingalaska/aboard/members.xml (1943 words)

	U.S. Senate
		Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) began his rise to national prominence with a speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, in which he charged that Communists had infiltrated federal government agencies.
		The Senate Chamber desks are symbols of the Senate's past and present.
		Additional desks were built over the years to accommodate the senators from states newly accepted into the Union.
	www.senate.gov (351 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce Online
		April 12 was a good-news day for state, borough and local government employees who are dedicated to public service and schoolteachers who are committed to nurturing educational opportunities for Alaska families.
		That was the day the Alaska State Senate validated more than a year of research and analysis in the Finance Committee by passing Senate Bill 141 to reform the state's retirement system, making it more attractive to new workers entering the work force.
		Raymond Matiashowski is the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration.
	www.alaskajournal.com /stories/050105/vie_20050501007.shtml (637 words)

	Alaska - dKosopedia
		Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1868 for $7.2 million.
		After a resident has lived in the state for a full calendar year, he or she becomes eligible to receive payments from the Alaska Permanent Fund.
		Due to Alaska's high cost of living (as compared to the contiguous 48 states), the fund is helpful to residents attempting to offset higher expenses.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Alaska (380 words)

	Faculty Senate Actions #101
		Alaska, like states throughout the United States, is faced with an increasing demand on the services of its criminal justice system.
		The integrated major/minor degree requirements are designed to prepare students to meet national and state standards for quality teachers, and to meet standards that recognize, respect and build upon the unique cultural, linguistic and geographic factors specific to the Alaska context.
		RATIONALE: Given this former University of Alaska president's record as an academic leader in Alaska, both in disregarding academic freedom and in disrespecting the indigenous population of Alaska, re-naming the Fairbanks airport is both inappropriate and unwise at this time.
	www.uaf.edu /uafgov/faculty/Meetings/FY01/fsact101.html (4178 words)

	Alaska State Senate District G
		Alaska's revenues are projected to run $500-800 million short this year, due primarily to depressed oil revenues.
		In Alaska, it has taken some time for the cost and size of government to be where it is today; therefore, it may take some time to reverse that.
		I am supportive of Senator Murkowski’s initiative to complete an audit of all state government departments to determine what programs can be improved to lower the cost of government to the people of Alaska.
	www.aarp.org /vg2002/ak/ak_alaska_state_senate_district_g.html (1218 words)

	SitNews - Landis Announces Candidacy For Alaska State Senate
		Ketchikan, Alaska - Ketchikan resident David Landis announced Tuesday he will be a Democratic candidate for Alaska State Senate in District "A".
		Senate decisions that may undermine the basic needs of Alaskans this next regular session or even in the recently-announced special session".
		David is a graduate of Ketchikan High School and Oregon State University.
	www.sitnews.us /0504news/052704/052704_landis_senate.html (327 words)

	KodiakDailyMirror.com :: Daily newspaper of Kodiak, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For 25 years the state shared revenue with local communities to help them pay for public safety, fuel and other crucial local services, and to help reduce the property-tax burden on local taxpayers.
		Alaska is a wealthy state and can have the best educational system in the United States.
		Alaska Democrats pushed this year, as in the past, to reduce class sizes and improve our schools.
	www.kodiakdailymirror.com /?pid=19&id=1861 (729 words)

	State Watch \| Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Examines Developments Related to Medical Malpractice in Five ...
		Alaska: The state Senate on April 12 voted 12-8 to approve a bill (SB 67) that would reduce the state cap on noneconomic damages in malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 per plaintiff, the
		Under the legislation, which the state House also has passed, only licensed health care providers in the same specialty as the defendant could serve as expert witnesses in malpractice lawsuits.
		Connecticut: The state Joint Judiciary Committee on April 15 approved a bill that would require individuals who plan to file malpractice lawsuits to first obtain an expert medical opinion in support of the complaint.
	www.kaisernetwork.org /daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&DR_ID=29542 (528 words)

	Alaska Legislature Stands Up for Civil Liberties - BuzzFlash Reader Commentary
		HJR 22 puts Alaska on record along with the State of Hawaii and 112 cities and counties (including five in Alaska) as defenders of our civil liberties against encroachments by the "USA PATRIOT Act" (so named because it makes US patriots shake their heads in disbelief).
		The day before, the Alaska State Senate had passed the resolution unanimously, with 12 cross-sponsors, some of them piling on at the time of the vote.
		The Alaska Independence Party is no longer as influential as it once was, but many people came to Alaska to get away from the crowds, they are fishermen and miners and know how to build cabins and deal with sub-zero temperatures.
	www.buzzflash.com /contributors/03/05/29_alaska.html (995 words)

	University Of Alaska, Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During his years as a senator, he was at the forefront of the movement to gain statehood and pivotal in the development and maturation of the state.
		He served on every committee of the senate and presided as president of the senate from 1967 to 1968.
		Upon his retirement from the state legislature in 1948, he was elected an honorary member of the House of Representatives.
	www.alaska.edu /opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=68 (476 words)

	freedomforum.org: Alaska Senate urges Congress to pass flag-protection amendment
		JUNEAU, Alaska — The state Senate passed a resolution this week urging Congress to outlaw flag burning.
		House Joint Resolution 30 is in conjunction with efforts in other states to urge Congress to ban the physical desecration of the American flag through a constitutional amendment that would have to be ratified by the states.
		State Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau, cast the lone vote against the measure.
	www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=16162 (170 words)

	UTU: News
		Senate Bill 31--a duplicate of an unsuccessful measure introduced in 2001 by then-Rep. Jeannette James, R-North Pole--would outline a series of steps for potentially conveying state land to the Alaska Railroad Corp. to build an extension to the railroad, which now terminates at Eielson Air Force Base.
		Senate Majority Leader Ben Stevens, R-Anchorage, argued that government subsidies extend beyond the railroad to roads, airports and the Alaska Marine Highway.
		Several argued that the state should work to facilitate an extension for several reasons: To improve Alaska's connections to the Lower 48, to open new opportunities for agriculture, mineral exploration and tourism, and to potentially aid in the construction of a natural gas pipeline.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=13654 (778 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Rotary, politicians, Alaska
		Alaska state house of representatives 6th District, 2001-.
		U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1968-; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
		Alaska state house of representatives 2nd District, 2001-.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/AK/rotary.html (414 words)

	Minority E-Newsletter - 23rd Alaska State Legislature
		Senator Hollis French (D-Anchorage), a former prosecutor, called on Alaska Attorney General Gregg Renkes to immediately appoint a special prosecutor to determine whether former AOGCC commissioner Randy Ruedrich violated state executive ethics laws by conducting Republican Party of Alaska business on his state computer.
		House and Senate Democrats, in the first week of the legislative session, made motions in both the House and the Senate for a joint session to override Governor Murkowski's veto of the Longevity Bonus Program and the funding for Public Health and Safety.
		This award recognizes Senator Davis for her many years of community service and activism, including her service on the Anchorage School Board, The State Board of Education, and as a member of the Alaska State House of Representatives and the Alaska State Senate.
	www.akdemocrats.org /enews/enews_012204.htm (362 words)

	First Session Lays Foundation for Alaska's Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Senate President Gene Therriault said he is proud of the work done this year and reminds everyone that this adjournment does not signify and ending, but rather a first step in addressing and fixing the issues facing Alaska.
		Therriault stresses that the key issues the majority made great strides in addressing this year was revitalizing Alaska's position as a resource based economy.
		Streamlining the permit process, encouraging oil producers to continue pumping more oil and making Alaska more attractive to new exploration and resource development, were a central theme of the first session of the Twenty-Third Legislature.
	www.nfib.com /object/3804867.html (464 words)

	Alaska State Government Links
		Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 and became an organized territory in 1912.
		The distances are so immense and the diversity of terrain and climate so extreme that the Secretary of State Seward predicted in an 1869 speech in Sitka that the region might have to be admitted to the Union as several states.
		Alaska has one Congressman, Don Young, click on his name to access his web site.
	www.alaska.net /~logjam/gov.html (280 words)

	U.S. Senate: Senators Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This list of Senators' suite and phone numbers in pdf format is updated every couple of weeks at the beginning of a new Congress.
		This chart shows the relationships among Senate leaders and officers who manage the flow of legislative and administrative business in the Senate.
		Perhaps he or she is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, or a Senator in your State Legislature.
	www.senate.gov /general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=AK (130 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union : Alaska State Legislature Resolution
		WHEREAS the State of Alaska denounces and condemns all acts of terrorism, wherever occurring; and
		WHEREAS any new security measures of federal, state, and local governments should be carefully designed and employed to enhance public safety without infringing on the civil liberties and rights of innocent citizens of the State of Alaska and the nation; and
		FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature implores the United States Congress to correct provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act and other measures that infringe on civil liberties, and opposes any pending and future federal legislation to the extent that it infringes on Americans' civil rights and liberties.
	www.aclu.org /SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12707&c=207 (611 words)

	PWSRCAC-Alaska State Chamber of Commerce
		The mission of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce is to promote the planned, orderly growth and development of Alaska through strong, private sector business leadership that influences statewide economics and politics.
		Established in 1953, The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce is governed by an 80-member board of directors.
		Each local Alaska Chamber of Commerce has an automatic directors seat on the board, and a representative from each of five chambers from outside Alaska also appoint a representative to sit on the State Chamber Board.
	www.pwsrcac.org /about/akchamber.html (178 words)

	The Anchorage Press - lettersvol12ed35.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		His brief testimony was taken out of context by his critics, they say, when his clear purpose was to convey that federal agents are not perusing the library records of U.S. citizens without court approval and establishment that the individual is connected to an international terrorism investigation.
		Other cities throughout the state would also benefit, at a time when new money and new ideas are badly needed to help with everything from education to social programs.
		But looking at other, neighboring states such as Oregon and South Dakota, I have been told that abuse is very minimal, and most likely existed underground prior to the legalization of electronic gaming machines.
	www.anchoragepress.com /newarchives/lettersvol12ed35.html (1146 words)

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