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Thursday, December 18
• Murkowski proposes relief for drug costs
Tuesday, December 16
• Budget plan: New taxes, 402 fewer jobs
Friday, December 12
• Fiscal gap road show hits Juneau
Wednesday, December 10
• Leaders consider curbs on pull-tabs
Tuesday, December 9
• House, Senate reorganize committees
Tuesday, September 16
• Sen. Murkowski to hold town meeting
Sunday, September 14
• Young expects gas 'user-fee' delay
• Denali Commission slated to receive additional funding
• Feds to fund salmon commission
Wednesday, September 11
• Stevens tries to kill tribal courts
• Council: More courts for Southeast?
• Groups challenge new law aimed at curbing public-interest lawsuits
Wednesday, September 10
• State projects in Senate spending bill
Tuesday, September 9
• Lobbyists earn $8 million last session for efforts to influence state legislators
Wednesday, September 3
• National Democratic Party sends specialists to Juneau
• Dischner, former state commissioner, racketeer dies
Tuesday, September 2
• Unalaska plays host to legislators
Sunday, August 31
• Court: Some marijuana in home is legal
Tuesday, August 26
• Young pushes to exclude airports from privatization
Monday, August 25
• Legal review could keep campaign limits off ballot
Thursday, August 21
• New ship initiative floated
Wednesday, August 20
• Murkowski files written Roadless comments
• Leman turns down cruise ship initiative
Monday, August 18
• Fairbanks biologist takes on baiting ban
Sunday, August 17
• A.G. gives thumbs down to cruise ship voter initiative
Wednesday, August 13
• Appeals court affirms state's money limits on political parties
• Murkowski signs controversial bill making timber primary forest use
Monday, August 11
• Tax group jumps gun on Palin candidacy
Sunday, August 10
• State Sen. Taylor to take transportation post
Friday, August 8
• Murkowski holds economic forum, fund-raiser
• Land trade triggers protest
• Knowles declines office space from rival Murkowski
• Interior officials claim state biased in funding road projects
Thursday, August 7
• Dems attack GOP laws via initiatives
Wednesday, August 6
• Forest Service cuts programs to fund privatization studies
• Congress has two months to jostle for position on energy policy bill
• State selects $244 million option for Ketchikan bridges
• Kansas firm negotiating with Williams
Tuesday, August 5
• Taylor ponders leaving Senate for Murkowski job
Sunday, August 3
• Senate energy bill provides for gas-pipeline incentives
Friday, August 1
• State eliminates 88 jobs this year
• Sen. Murkowski wins commitments to help education, social services in Bush
Thursday, July 31
• Union boss Hood won't take on Murkowski for U.S. Senate seat
• Judge shuts down Interior Dept. computers
• Murkowski pushes Palmer Pioneers' Home to house vets
• Bill introduced to speed state, Native land transfer
Wednesday, July 30
• Green Party fights to stay on ballot
Tuesday, July 29
• Hickel floats plan to cover budget gap
Monday, July 28
• Clinton's 'Roadless' rule hits a difficult stretch
• State employees' pension fund almost $2.5 billion short
Sunday, July 27
• Democrats want to know who opposes session
• Ulmer heads to Harvard
Friday, July 25
• Cities to push income tax
Thursday, July 24
• Fairbanks' Whitaker opts out of 2004 House race
Wednesday, July 23
• Murkowski against automatic wage increases
Tuesday, July 22
• Attorney general visits Anchorage
• Emigre greets governor years after receiving help
Monday, July 21
• Denali Commission shift could cause some villages to die
Friday, July 18
• Fishermen to receive $1,100 each in aid
• Senate fund-raising campaign revs up
• Governor will not reverse cuts to small towns
Thursday, July 17
• Losing the longevity bonus
Tuesday, July 15
• Stevens calls for 30-day limit on timber suits
Sunday, July 13
• Murkowski announces oil accord with Bristol Bay Native Corp.
• Governor plans road from Chignik to King Salmon
Friday, July 11
• Fate tries to curb telemarketers
• Democrats try to force special session
• Republicans consider challenging Sen. Murkowski
Thursday, July 10
• Lawmakers divert Bush funds to bigger cities
Wednesday, July 9
• Knowles will run for U.S. Senate in 2004
Tuesday, July 8
• State allocates $7 million to struggling fishing communities
• New halibut subsistence fishery draws 8,500 people
Monday, July 7
• Critics of bear baiting aim at voters
Thursday, July 3
• Murkowski signs tire tax, nuisance-wildlife bills
Wednesday, July 2
• Permanent fund earns enough for dividend
Tuesday, July 1
• Law expands dividend eligibility for military
• $325 million approved for military in Alaska
Sunday, June 29
• Guidelines revealed for new payments to low-income seniors
• Activist files suit against lobbying law
Friday, June 27
• Dems call for special session
Wednesday, June 25
• Voters may get to decide taxes, cruise-ship fees
• Legislators will hit the road
Sunday, June 22
• AG touts new fund-dividend formula
• Anger management: Stevens meets the Hulk
Thursday, June 19
• Murkowski signs lobbying bill despite 'reservations'
• Petition drive challenges new campaign finance law
• New law could let hunters shoot wolves from airplanes
• Law signed legalizing roadside memorials
• Homer trail accidentally vetoed by governor
• Leman names faith-based services panel
Wednesday, June 18
• Villages upset over Murkowski's veto
Tuesday, June 17
• Governor signs 20 bills into law, from campaign rules to rental car tax
Monday, June 16
• Governor signs pipeline bill
Sunday, June 15
• Governor signs bills limiting environmental, other lawsuits
• Senator seeks aid for Bush teachers
Friday, June 13
• Murkowski cuts millions
Thursday, June 12
• This year's dividend could be $1,100
• Governor signs bill on tax breaks for oil companies
Wednesday, June 11
• U.S. approves state's No Child Left Behind plan
Tuesday, June 10
• Governor signs bills on drug programs, natural gas
• Murkowski slashes cash for cities
• Alaska Republicans oust party attorney who holds controversial positions
Sunday, June 8
• Bill increases funding formula for education
Thursday, June 5
• Knowles ponders run for Senate
• Lawmaker Ferguson of Kotzebue dies of stroke
Wednesday, June 4
• Governor signs bill to tighten Denali KidCare eligibility
• Davies, Ward among early campaign filers
• Legislative pay dropped this year
Sunday, June 1
• Reflections on the 23rd session
• Q and A with Sen. Kim Elton
• Q and A with Rep. Beth Kerttula
• Q and A with Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch
• Governor signs 'folk festival bill' into law
Wednesday, May 28
• Alaskans spend on Republicans, not Democrats
Sunday, May 25
• 'Stars aligned' for GOP session in Alaska
• Business interests got help from Legislature
Friday, May 23
• Lawmakers shuffle funds for dividends
• RCA bill scrapes through in final hours
Thursday, May 22
• Public works budget is among the top battles
• Gov. curbs coastal districts' power
• Session clock runs out on regulatory commission
• School funding bill passes on final day of legislative session
• Legislative roundup
Wednesday, May 21
• Phase-out of Longevity Bonus axed
• Correspondence school granted one-year reprieve
• Budget bill has money for fast ferries, roads
• RCA battle heats up, spills into Senate committee
• Senate OKs public interest liability law
• Predator control bill passes House
• Driver's license bill passes House
Tuesday, May 20
• House OKS tax credits for oil companies
• Lawmakers wax philosophic on proposal to tax tire sales
• House bill will allow phone wars to carry on
• House approves increase in campaign contributions
Monday, May 19
• Sales tax extinguished
Sunday, May 18
• Business licenses to cost more
• House reverses annual minimum-wage hike
• Statewide sales tax hits the wall
• Murkowski rejects longevity phase-out
• Murkowski to undergo 2nd heart procedure
• Legislative roundup
Friday, May 16
• Bill would create waiting period for abortions
• House bill chills lawsuits against the state
Thursday, May 15
• Measure loosens lobbying limits
• Oil tax credit zipping through Senate
• Senate OKs bill to curb credit rating effects
• GOP, Dems meet to try to end session on time
• Senate OKs permanent fund royalties bill
• House passes teacher, nurse housing bill
Wednesday, May 14
• Funds cut for substance-abuse programs
• Senate axes recreation and sports liability bill
• Seniors throw support to Longevity Bonus phase-out
• Rep. Young wants changes in Patriot Act
• Murkowski travels to Seattle for heart tests
• Murkowski backing oil tax break
• Senate approves timber as No. 1 use of forests
Tuesday, May 13
• Bill reroutes some permanent fund money to state operations
• Sales tax gaining steam
• DNA data bill aims to help cops
• Gov. Murkowski pans latest predator-control legislation
Monday, May 12
• Bill nails fraudulent PFD filers
Sunday, May 11
• Slashed ferry fund nettles SE's mayors
• House committee shelves seasonal sales tax
• Sampson to head Education
• Legislative roundup
Friday, May 9
• Murkowski gets behind sales tax
• Budget: Roads in, ferries out
• Health troubles cut into Democrats' numbers
• Prison bills on hold during governor's office review
Thursday, May 8
• House joins Senate in trimming program for kids, pregnant women
• Bill would allow AK farmers to certify organic produce in-state
• State to put up $10 million to build roads
• Increase in vehicle registration nears OK
• House Finance approves rental car tax
• Permanent fund bill calls for amendment
• Coastal management program revamped
• Knowles visits top Democrats in D.C.
• AK's bond rating at risk
Wednesday, May 7
• Committee objects to Patriot Act
• Bill boosts penalties against bootleggers
• Senate panel OKs 15 percent tax on pull tabs
• Education Secretary Paige continues tour through Bush Alaska
• Coastal districts complain bill weakens local control
• Committee lops inflation-proofing off minimum wage
Tuesday, May 6
• Vetoed abortion bill brought back to life in House, Senate
• House to act quickly on bill to ease lobbying law
• U.S. education secretary gets taste of Bush schooling
• Clock running out on new state taxes
• Sen. Murkowski working to get coal-power plant loan
Sunday, May 4
• Abortion bill would require 24-hour wait
• State's founders support unfettered judiciary
• Murkowski: Legislature must meet budget targets
• Democrats demand protection for dividend
• Legislative roundup
Friday, May 2
• Bill aims to curb wage hikes
Thursday, May 1
• Only needy may get sr. bonus
• Lawmakers propose creating a 3 percent state sales tax
• Bill to allow gambling has slim chance of survival
Wednesday, April 30
• Dozens testify against aerial pesticide spraying in hearing sponsored by Dems
• Democrats blocking governor's appointment
• Senate approves operating budget
• Statewide cruise-ship tax measure resurrects
Tuesday, April 29
• Senate adds to university funds
• House OKs boost in car registration fees
• House eyes sales tax to increase revenue
Monday, April 28
• Groups worry that gaming bills will cut funding to charities
Sunday, April 27
• Senate finance panel sends $2.3 billion budget to floor
• Sen. Murkowski plans to push for tax credit
• Legislative roundup
Friday, April 23
• House grapples with clergy's requirement to report abuse
• Republicans reject GOP member of ethics panel
• Getting initiatives on ballot could get tougher
• New hope for Alyeska?
• Sponsor plans to carry on fight for cruise tax
• Senate committee passes lobbying law
Thursday, April 24
• Tax plan or payback time?
Wednesday, April 23
• Senate budget could avoid controversial cuts
• Senate bill would eliminate credit scoring by insurance companies
• NOAA publishes rules for halibut subsistence fishing
Tuesday, April 22
• Realtors pan bill on dual-agent disclosure
• Senator wants board to have more authority on wolf control
Monday, April 21
• Educators question new federal law
Sunday, April 20
• Science and tech foundation is nearly extinct
• High court upholds Legislature's use of tobacco settlement
• Legislative roundup
Friday, April 18
• Bill drops teenage wages
Thursday, April 17
• Critics say gambling could lead to greater social ills
• Murkowski: No to Russian processors
• Murkowski signs cancer treatment bill
Wednesday, April 16
• Habitat order takes effect; opponents rally
• APOC overhaul
• House approves Permanent Fund royalty change
• U.S. Congress backs organic wild fish label; Stevens adds rider to war spending bill
• House bill pushes gambling as budget savior
• Permafund trustees push for change
• House approves closed meeting provision
• Sen. Murkowski gets ethanol exemption for Alaska
Tuesday, April 15
• Gasoline tax may be limited to road use
• Senator asks Congress for funds to kick-start intertie
Sunday, April 13
• Salmon-fund options considered
• Legislators want to back out of school-debt reimbursement
• Murkowski condition a mystery to aides
• University president would take $1 salary
• Energy bill aims to open ANWR, give $19 billion tax break to energy producers
• Legislative roundup
Friday, April 11
• House GOP approves '04 budget, major cuts
• Drop in oil prices widens state budget gap by millions
• Governor OK after heart surgery
• Senate approves cuts to kid's health care program
• Bill reduces state support for some treatment programs
• UA president warns budget cuts would injure university
• State sells bonds for school and transportation projects
Thursday, April 10
• House kills effort to save Alyeska
• Governor feeling 'poorly,' sent to Anchorage hospital
• Proposed chem lab closure could hurt UAS recruitment
• GOP turns back Dem's budget amendments
• Governor criticized for not allowing aerial wolf control
Wednesday, April 9
• House Republicans reject Democrats' budget amendments
Tuesday, April 8
• Bill: Drivers would lose licenses for fatal crashes
• Medicaid changes would bump some out of health care
• House Finance sends larger budget to floor
• Murkowski signs bill to spur talks on pipeline
Monday, April 7
• Alcohol tax boosts programs, but not as much as some want
• House bill would institute $2 million lottery twice-a-year
• Governor eyes pull-tab funds to cover health insurance costs
Sunday, April 6
• Independent-living advocates rally on the Capitol steps
• Legislative roundup
Friday, April 4
• Committee OKs $100 tax on the employed
• Governor takes 'tough on crime' position
• Resolutions protest increasing federal power
Thursday, April 3
• 1 percent for art targeted for cuts
• House GOP revives ANWR drilling
• State may allow herbicides on Southeast Alaska clearcuts
• Murkowski takes helicopters out of mix in McGrath
• White House proposes changes in salmon protection to boost logging
• Gas pipeline legislation progresses
Wednesday, April 2
• Bill would delay driver's licenses for teenagers
Tuesday, April 1
• Sen. Stevens talks education
• Sponsor says lobbying law to undergo alteration
Sunday, March 30
• House passes women's cancer bill
• Legislative roundup
Friday, March 28
• Panel OKs bill to divert money from permafund
• House committee overhauls tax measures
Thursday, March 27
• Murkowski pitches budget proposals to legislators
• Bill would cut local say on coastal development
Wednesday, March 26
• Proposed education cuts running afoul in the House
• Committee puts brakes on studded-tire bill
• State restarts Juneau Access study
• State lawmakers hear testimony on tobacco bill
Tuesday, March 25
• Murkowski budget slows 2003 session
• Bill allows fewer to qualify for state medical assistance
Sunday, March 23
• House members to governor: Take your case to the people
• State's safety net may not help more seniors than currently
• Fish and Game takes step toward wolf control
• Legislative roundup
Thursday, March 20
• Alaskans respond to ANWR drilling decision
Wednesday, March 19
• Labor contracts could cost $13 million
• U.S. Senate rejects ANWR drilling
Tuesday, March 18
• Senate votes to reroute trails money to roads
• Lobbyist bill morphs
• Seniors rally against longevity bonus cut
• Five state unions sign tentative pacts
Monday, March 17
• Telemarketer exemption fee plan dropped by committee
Sunday, March 16
• Seniors award thumbs-down to longevity cuts
• Tourism groups pan tax
• Bill would let retiree head Department of Education
• Legislative roundup
Friday, March 14
• Beating the pulltab odds
• Senate approves supplemental budget with lobbying funds
• Leman: Murkowski committed to working with rural leaders
Thursday, March 13
• Business fee hike hits snag in committee
• Game Board backs wolf, bear control near McGrath
• Game board rejects bear, wolf hunts in Chugach park
• Herbert River land grant approved by the state Senate
• Room and board could come out of remote workers' pay
Wednesday, March 12
• Lawmakers examine transportation taxes
• Bush close to winning on ANWR drilling
• Budget raises intertie concerns
Tuesday, March 11
• Habitat permitting proposal panned, supported in hearing
• Bill cuts state share of alcohol programs
• Rep.Young introduces ANWR drilling bill
Monday, March 10
• Rep. Don Young reintroduces Native work preference bill
Sunday, March 9
• Gov fends off budget critics
• State House passes $69 million supplemental budget
• Proposal to ax APOC sparks criticism
Friday, March 7
• Lawmakers cool to cuts in education
• Bill would give tax break for value-added salmon
Thursday, March 6
• Murkowski budget cuts programs
• Spending plan reaction splits along party lines
• State courts offering mediation alternatives
• Sen. Lieberman introduces ANWR wilderness bill
Wednesday, March 5
• Murkowski likely to propose $200 million in state budget cuts
• GOP party chairman confirmed to head oil and gas commission
• Governor reorganizes sr. program management
Tuesday, March 4
• Kott calls PFD one of Alaska's worst mistakes
• Murkowski proposes curbs to environmental lawsuits
• Measure would tighten initiative requirements
Monday, March 3
• Measure targets vandals' parents
Sunday, March 2
• House ponders bill to loosen lobbyist regulation
• Boards of game, fisheries stumped over commissioner
• Transport bill sails through House fisheries committee
• Report: State's mining reputation is slipping
• Legislative roundup
Friday, February 28
• Lawyers may determine permanent fund dividends'fate
Thursday, February 27
• State seeks title to more lakes, rivers
• Disability activists lobby state Legislature for funding
• House trims funding request for ANWR lobbying effort
Wednesday, February 26
• Lawmakers debate cancer coverage
• State seeks relief from federal education mandate
Tuesday, February 25
• Murkowski asks USDA to purchase surplus fish
• Teacher housing bill passes committee
• Permafund initiative backers sue state, lieutenant governor
• Education endowment would use fund earnings
• Lawmakers criticize education cost study
Monday, February 24
• U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal on Red Dog Mine lawsuit
• House bill targets hazards of illegal drug labs
Sunday, February 23
• Legislators say fish-chilling bill needs some work
• Corrections commissioner backs state - not private - prisons
• Complaint filed against ex-administrative head
• Legislative roundup
Friday, February 21
• Participants in fiscal forum say more revenue measures needed for state
• Former DOT officials favor moving Habitat
• Administrative appeals change on the horizon
• Fund trustees call for oil probe
Thursday, February 20
• Governor appoints G. Stevens to Senate vacancy
• University seeks smaller budget hike
Monday, February 17
• Folk festival embezzlement inspires restitution bill
Sunday, February 16
• State weighs Russian fish processor's application
• Prison expansion plan leaves out Southeast
• Habitat-employees union protests change
• Legislators want $3.1 million for ANWR lobbying effort
Friday, February 14
• Congress OKs ANWR funds, bars lawsuits
• Lobbyist working to sharpen media message for lawmakers
Thursday, February 13
• Fishing industry considers petitioning for import relief
• Habitat move order sent to Legislature
• Duncan new ASEA business manager
• Commissioner meeting ends with blueprint
• New spending budget compromise keeps some Tongass provisions
Wednesday, February 12
• Board may reverse wolf protection
• Delegates defend Tongass measures
• Legislator proposes constitution change to cap state spending
Tuesday, February 11
• New state fisheries adviser Austerman faces challenges
• ASEA will try to block habitat permitting shift
• Measure would hold Alaska clergy responsible for abuse
• Legislators look again at incentives for gas line
• Congressional riders would expand logging
Monday, February 10
• Measure would streamline permit applications
Sunday, February 9
• Guv to feds: Ban reviews of wilderness
• Gov. Murkowski still has large Senate war chest
• Fishing groups split over Murkowski permitting plan
• State files appeal on oil-pipeline charges
Friday, February 7
• Turning fund into AK muscle
• AG: Submerged lands critical to sovereignty
Thursday, February 6
• Layoffs expected as habitat permitting shifts
• Flag song's second verse passes House
• Measures would take PFDs for DWIs
Monday, February 5
• Legislators want Natives to be part of state's seal
Tuesday, February 4
• Gov. Murkowski keeps government agencies muzzled
• Some Alaska programs face cuts under Bush budget
• Murkowski names public safety boss
• Governor blasts Habitat Division
Monday, February 3
• Governor appoints ex-lawmaker to lead Dept. of Administration
• Ex-Fish and Game chiefs slam habitat plan
• Wolf control action may have to wait until next winter
• Murkowski pays for trip on private jet
• Former lawmaker on permafund board
Sunday, February 2
• Southeast lawmakers unite to boost region's strength
Friday, January 31
• Salmon task force: Call to help fishermen
• Lawmakers grill feds about Bush's schools law
• Petition to protect state permanent fund rejected
Thursday, January 30
• Native lawmakers want locals heard
• State song would acknowledge Native boy
• Bill would regulate home inspectors
Wednesday, January 29
• Legislature pays fees for aide's ethics breach
• Board rejects ban on sport fishing for shrimp, crab
• Sponsors of pot initiative sue the state
Tuesday, January 28
• Pro-move group calls for new election
• Rokeberg backing two permanent fund measures
Monday, January 27
• Governor aims to link permanent fund investments to in-state development
Sunday, January 26
• Gov.'s permitting plan once rejected by Hickel
Friday, January 24
• Address: More industry, quicker permits
• Federal bill includes two Alaska riders
Thursday, January 23
• Task force to recommend ways to fix salmon industry
• Environmental activists oppose pipeline amendment
Wednesday, January 22
• GOP seeks smaller budget
Tuesday, January 21
• Game on: Lawmakers sworn in for 23rd legislative session
Monday, January 20
• Governor orders transportation department to reorganize
• Lawmakers introduce legislation for Whittier private prison
• House Republicans pick staunch conservative as majority leader
Sunday, January 19
• Blatchford appointed DCED commissioner
• Large freshman class joins Legislature
• Cost of rural education not as high as once thought
• Gov. ponders wolf control
Friday, January 17
• Murkowski names four to state fisheries board
• Stevens' bill would block appeals on wilderness
Thursday, January 16
• Women's increased cancer coverage to end
Wednesday, January 15
• Hemp initiative snuffed
• Subsistence board allows rural residents to trade fish
Tuesday, January 14
• Murkowski orders military department reorganization
Monday, January 13
• Bill would halt 'credit scoring'
Sunday, January 12
• Host of new bills filed in advance of Jan. 21 session
Tuesday, January 7
• Dahlstrom to fill House seat
Friday, January 3
• Dahlstrom to fill House seat
• Gov. Murkowski appoints Sweeney, Johnson to posts
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