<![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News -- Politics]]> http://www.adn.com/295/index.xml Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK en-us Copyright 2012 Anchorage Daily News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:43:36 AKST online@adn.com (Online Staff) MI RSS Burninator 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 295 60 <![CDATA[Judge orders release of report on Stevens prosecutors]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/08/2306206/stevens-prosecution-report-must.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/08/2306206/stevens-prosecution-report-must.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:56:27 AKST A U.S. District court judge on Wednesday rejected an attempt by federal prosecutors to keep secret a report detailing their misconduct in the case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.

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]]> <![CDATA[Romney's bad day in 3 states is Santorum's best in GOP race]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/08/2306195/romneys-bad-day-is-santorums-best.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/08/2306195/romneys-bad-day-is-santorums-best.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:37:15 AKST Mitt Romney's losses to Rick Santorum on Tuesday in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado laid bare his stubborn weakness just when it looked as if conservatives were ready to embrace him.

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]]> <![CDATA[Former fisheries official gets prison for fishing violations]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2304392/former-murkowski-aide-fuglvog.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2304392/former-murkowski-aide-fuglvog.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:32:41 AKST A former aide to Sen. Lisa Murkowski who worked as a commercial fisherman while sitting on the council that regulates fishing off Alaska's coast was sentenced Tuesday to five months…

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]]> <![CDATA[Redistricting board plans appeal of judge's decision]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2304877/redistricting-board-to-appeal.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2304877/redistricting-board-to-appeal.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:07 AKST The Alaska Redistricting Board on Tuesday decided on a partial appeal of a judge's decision that they redraw four House districts.

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]]> <![CDATA[Audit takes new dig at Native corporation contracting benefit]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305098/audit-finds-lack-of-oversight.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2305098/audit-finds-lack-of-oversight.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:09:07 AKST The debate over the sole-source contracting privileges that Alaska Native corporations have used to make billions of dollars is flaring in Congress with a new government audit that finds lax…

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]]> <![CDATA[Obama signals to donors that he's yielded on super PACs]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2304391/obama-signals-to-donors-that-hes.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2304391/obama-signals-to-donors-that-hes.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:09:15 AKST President Obama is signaling to wealthy Democratic donors that he wants them to start contributing to an outside group supporting his re-election, reversing a long-held position as he confronts a…

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]]> <![CDATA[Earmarks often fall close to home for federal lawmakers]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2304362/earmarks-often-fall-close-to-home.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/07/2304362/earmarks-often-fall-close-to-home.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:05:47 AKST Thirty-three members of Congress have steered more than $300 million in earmarks and other spending provisions to dozens of public projects that are next to or within about two miles…

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska Ear]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/04/2300917/alaska-ear.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/04/2300917/alaska-ear.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:21:32 AKST Alaska politics and political hijinks…

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]]> <![CDATA[Romney rolls to an easy win in the Nevada caucuses]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/04/2300489/romney-rolls-to-an-easy-win-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/04/2300489/romney-rolls-to-an-easy-win-in.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:11:52 AKST Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.

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]]> <![CDATA[Judge orders redistricting board to redraw 4 districts]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/03/2299022/judge-orders-rediistricting-board.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/03/2299022/judge-orders-rediistricting-board.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:00:10 AKST The Alaska Redistricting Board must redraw three Fairbanks-area House districts and another in the Aleutian chain, a state court judge ruled Friday.

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]]> <![CDATA['1 percenters' dish millions, alter race for White House]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/02/2296280/1-percenters-dish-millions-alter.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/02/2296280/1-percenters-dish-millions-alter.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14:52 AKST Newly disclosed details of the millions of dollars flowing into political groups are highlighting not just the scale of donations from corporations and unions but also the secrecy surrounding super…

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]]> <![CDATA[Romney comment on poor shifts attention from Florida victory]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/01/2294099/romney-puts-focus-on-obama-after.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/01/2294099/romney-puts-focus-on-obama-after.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:14:20 AKST Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, confident after his Florida primary victory, ended up inviting criticism today when he said he?s ?not concerned about the very poor? because they have an…

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]]> <![CDATA[Donations to Palin PAC drop in second half of 2011]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/31/2292164/donations-to-palin-pac-drop-records.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/31/2292164/donations-to-palin-pac-drop-records.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:15:35 AKST Contributions to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee dropped by more than half in the second half of 2011. Palin announced in October that she would not seek…

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]]> <![CDATA[Romney win called major step toward GOP nomination]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/31/2292884/romneys-win-in-florida-returns.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/31/2292884/romneys-win-in-florida-returns.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:41:11 AKST Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich vowed to press…

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]]> <![CDATA[Gingrich defiant as voters settle winner-take-all Florida primary]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/31/2292126/romney-confident-of-victory-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/31/2292126/romney-confident-of-victory-in.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:14:31 AKST Florida Republicans are putting an end to a raucous, big-spending, character-bashing primary campaign today as they decide whether a confident Mitt Romney or a defiant Newt Gingrich will win all…

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]]> <![CDATA[Parnell's state trip to Europe, Israel cost around $20,000]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/30/2291015/parnell-trip-overseas-cost-about.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/30/2291015/parnell-trip-overseas-cost-about.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:30:43 AKST Records show that Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell's first state-sponsored overseas trip cost $20,800. Parnell was away for over two weeks last fall, visiting Israel and several European countries.

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]]> <![CDATA[GOP's new anti-Obama themes: 'European socialism' and 'Saul Alinsky']]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/30/2290537/gops-new-anti-obama-themes-european.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/30/2290537/gops-new-anti-obama-themes-european.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:48:15 AKST In 2008, Barack Obama's opponents worked hard to raise suspicions about the Illinois U.S. senator with the funny name and unusual background. Some said he was foreign-born. Some said he…

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska Ear]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/28/2288912/alaska-ear.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/28/2288912/alaska-ear.html Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:23:53 AKST Alaska politics and political hijinks…

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska delegation vows to resist base closures]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/27/2287290/alaska-delegation-vows-to-resist.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/27/2287290/alaska-delegation-vows-to-resist.html Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:38:09 AKST Members of the Alaska delegation and others in Congress are vowing to resist a recommendation from the Pentagon to close military bases around the country.

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska politicians pledge to oppose military base cutbacks]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/27/2286948/alaska-politicians-pledge-to-oppose.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/27/2286948/alaska-politicians-pledge-to-oppose.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:24:34 AKST Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's announcement that the Pentagon will seek new rounds of military base closures drew a swift response from Alaskans who watched a similar process nearly gut Eielson…

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]]> <![CDATA[Romney, Gingrich trade barbs in final debate in Florida]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/26/2285605/romney-the-aggressor-in-final.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/26/2285605/romney-the-aggressor-in-final.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:40:12 AKST An aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican presidential rival Newt Gingrich in a fast-paced campaign debate tonight, ridiculing the former House speaker's call to build costly projects in key primary…

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]]> <![CDATA[Obama says American promise under attack]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2281112/obama-says-in-speech-the-union.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2281112/obama-says-in-speech-the-union.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:37:55 AKST Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama called Tuesday night for a flurry of help for a hurting middle class and higher taxes on millionaires, delivering a State…

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]]> <![CDATA[School Board candidate ordered to pay campaign fine]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2281094/school-board-candidate-ordered.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2281094/school-board-candidate-ordered.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:54:11 AKST The Alaska Public Offices Commission has ordered former Anchorage School Board candidate Bob Griffin to pay a $5,700 fine for campaign disclosure violations.

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]]> <![CDATA[GOP spokesman says Obama resorts to extremism]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2281421/gop-spokesman-says-obama-resorts.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2281421/gop-spokesman-says-obama-resorts.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:56:17 AKST President Barack Obama has resorted to "extremism" with stifling, anti-growth policies and sought to divide Americans, not unite them, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said Tuesday in the formal Republican response…

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]]> <![CDATA[Jobs, energy, values top issues in Obama address]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2281102/jobs-energy-values-top-issues.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2281102/jobs-energy-values-top-issues.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:25:13 AKST Highlights of President Obama' State of the Union speech.

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]]> <![CDATA[Romney, Gingrich trade barbs in Florida debate]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2280233/romney-gingrich-trade-barbs-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2280233/romney-gingrich-trade-barbs-in.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:37:19 AKST Standing face-to-face, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich traded barbs over honesty and integrity in an acrimonious debate that opened a fierce fight ahead of Florida's crucial presidential primary.

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]]> <![CDATA[Romney paid 14% tax rate on $21 million income in 2010]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2280232/romney-paid-14-tax-rate-on-21.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2280232/romney-paid-14-tax-rate-on-21.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:55:28 AKST Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns are an extraordinary accounting of the finances and far-reaching investments of one of the richest presidential candidates in generations, with an annual income that…

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]]> <![CDATA[Obama attacks income disparity in State of Union excerpts]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2280175/obama-will-call-for-economic-fairness.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/24/2280175/obama-will-call-for-economic-fairness.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:37:32 AKST President Obama is using tonight's State of the Union address to draw a stark election-year line with Republicans over how to keep the United States from eroding further into a…

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]]> <![CDATA[Bipartisan seating set for State of the Union speech]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/23/2278945/bipartisan-seating-set-for-obamas.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/23/2278945/bipartisan-seating-set-for-obamas.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:39:09 AKST The partisan atmosphere in Congress has become so poisonous it's reached the point where the Alaska delegation and others are touting the fact they'll be sitting with a member of…

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]]> <![CDATA[Reshaped GOP field now turns to Florida]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/22/2277251/reshaped-gop-field-now-turns-to.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/22/2277251/reshaped-gop-field-now-turns-to.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:29:33 AKST A drastically reshaped Republican presidential campaign began anew in Florida on Sunday as the party's establishment confronted the likelihood of an extended and bitter leadership fight and the increasing possibility…

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska Ear]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276516/alaska-ear.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276516/alaska-ear.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:13:31 AKST Alaska politics and political hijinks…

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]]> <![CDATA[Gingrich takes primary in South Carolina]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276079/gingrich-takes-vote-in-south-carolina.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276079/gingrich-takes-vote-in-south-carolina.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:11:30 AKST Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich staged an upset victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday, dealing a sharp setback to former front-runner Mitt Romney and suddenly scrambling the race for…

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]]> <![CDATA[Some self-proclaimed outsiders rake in taxpayer-paid pensions]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276091/some-self-proclaimed-outsiders.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276091/some-self-proclaimed-outsiders.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:48:56 AKST While campaigning on calls to reduce government spending, three of the five Republican presidential candidates are receiving or will be eligible to draw taxpayer-financed pensions. So would a fourth if…

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]]> <![CDATA[South Carolina results intensify GOP turmoil]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276350/south-carolina-results-intensify.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276350/south-carolina-results-intensify.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:36:21 AKST For Mitt Romney, the South Carolina primary was not just a defeat, though it was most emphatically that. It was where his campaign confronted the prospect it had most hoped…

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]]> <![CDATA[Scalia on unlimited political ads: Turn off TV]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276090/scalia-on-unlimited-political.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276090/scalia-on-unlimited-political.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:03:19 AKST U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia has a simple solution for people who don't like all the political advertisements unleashed by the court's decision two years ago that ended limits…

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]]> <![CDATA[Conservatives, economy fuel Gingrich win]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276033/conservatives-economy-fuel-gingrich.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/21/2276033/conservatives-economy-fuel-gingrich.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:41:29 AKST Strong backing from conservative and religious voters and people fretting about the uncertain economy fueled Newt Gingrich's victory today in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, an exit poll of voters…

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]]> <![CDATA[Gingrich tops Romney in South Carolina]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/20/2275087/experts-expect-close-finish-for.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/20/2275087/experts-expect-close-finish-for.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:02:04 AKST Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina Republican primary today, a stunning come-from-behind upset that shook the contest for the party's presidential nomination like an earthquake.

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]]> <![CDATA[High court ruling on Texas redistricting seems to favor GOP]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/20/2274155/high-court-ruling-on-texas-redistricting.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/20/2274155/high-court-ruling-on-texas-redistricting.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:58:27 AKST The Supreme Court today threw out electoral maps drawn by federal judges in Texas that favored minorities, a decision that could affect control of the House and leaves Texas' primaries…

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]]> <![CDATA[Gingrich rips into media, then his rivals, in GOP debate]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/20/2274003/gingrich-rips-into-media-then.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/20/2274003/gingrich-rips-into-media-then.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:50:38 AKST With time ebbing to catch front-runner Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidates brawled Thursday night in a debate that drew angry denunciations of the media from Newt Gingrich and spurred…

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]]> <![CDATA[Romney suddenly on the ropes as events roil GOP campaign]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/20/2273992/romney-suddenly-on-the-ropes-as.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/20/2273992/romney-suddenly-on-the-ropes-as.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:43:50 AKST Mitt Romney's hopes of quickly clinching the Republican presidential nomination may be fading. He now finds himself facing a very tough fight with Newt Gingrich, a man he thought he'd…

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]]> <![CDATA[Parnell repeats support for oil tax cut]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/19/2272949/parnell-repeats-support-for-his.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/19/2272949/parnell-repeats-support-for-his.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:27:47 AKST Gov. Sean Parnell said Thursday that an oil tax-cut bill, passed by the House but deemed problematic by Senate leaders, represents meaningful change to Alaska's oil tax structure.

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]]> <![CDATA[Ex-wife says Gingrich asked for 'open' marriage]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/19/2271979/ex-wife-says-gingrich-asked-for.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/19/2271979/ex-wife-says-gingrich-asked-for.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:25:17 AKST Dredging up a past that Newt Gingrich has worked hard to bury, the GOP presidential candidate's second ex-wife says Gingrich asked for an "open" marriage in which he could have…

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]]> <![CDATA[Decoupling of oil, gas taxes returns]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/18/2270539/decoupling-of-oil-gas-taxes-makes.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/18/2270539/decoupling-of-oil-gas-taxes-makes.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:21:54 AKST The Senate Finance Committee introduced legislation Wednesday that would change Alaska's system of taxing oil and gas production together.

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]]> <![CDATA[Begich announces 2 staff appointments]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/18/2271023/begich-announces-2-staff-appointments.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/18/2271023/begich-announces-2-staff-appointments.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:12:39 AKST Alaska Sen. Mark Begich on Tuesday named a new rural liaison and a new military staffer for his office.

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]]> <![CDATA[Parnell calls on Legislature to move ahead on several fronts]]> http://26354073#storylink=rss http://26354073 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:05:30 AKST Gov. Sean Parnell on Wednesday called on Alaska lawmakers to pass "meaningful tax reform" to spur new oil production, and laid out a timetable for progress toward a natural gas…

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]]> <![CDATA[Murkowski, Begich oppose online piracy legislation]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/18/2270405/murkowski-begich-oppose-online.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/18/2270405/murkowski-begich-oppose-online.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:55:11 AKST As Wikipedia went dark and Google blacked out its logo today in protest of a congressional bill meant to fight online piracy, Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich said…

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska Ear]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/14/2264441/alaska-ear.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/14/2264441/alaska-ear.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:28:20 AKST Alaska politics and political hijinks…

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]]> <![CDATA[Borough asserts its records on Miller weren't confidential]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/14/2264415/borough-asserts-its-records-on.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/14/2264415/borough-asserts-its-records-on.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:09:27 AKST The Fairbanks North Star Borough is denying that its employees released confidential information from former U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller's personnel file.

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]]> <![CDATA[Justice to investigate decision to drop Allen sex crimes case]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/13/2262535/justice-to-investigate-decision.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/13/2262535/justice-to-investigate-decision.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:41:44 AKST The Justice Department has agreed to investigate whether there was misconduct involved in federal prosecutors' decision to not prosecute a teen sex crime case against disgraced former Veco Corp. chairman…

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]]> <![CDATA[A fish tale for the president]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/13/2262366/a-fish-tale-for-the-president.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/13/2262366/a-fish-tale-for-the-president.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:24:57 AKST WASHINGTON -- Note to President Obama and his staff: Learn a bit of fish biology before mocking the federal government for how it handles salmon.

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]]> <![CDATA[End partisan seating at State of Union, Murkowski says]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/13/2261329/end-partisan-seating-at-state.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/13/2261329/end-partisan-seating-at-state.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:28:40 AKST Sen. Lisa Murkowski is urging a permanent end to the partisan seating arrangement at the State of the Union address.

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]]> <![CDATA[Murkowski committee staff wagered on wildfires]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/12/2261268/murkowski-committee-staff-wagered.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/12/2261268/murkowski-committee-staff-wagered.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:58:38 AKST Severe criticism from the wildland firefighters association and the parents of a fallen firefighter have committee staffers for Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski apologizing for an office pool on how many…

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]]> <![CDATA[Gov. Parnell appoints new Alaska attorney general]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/12/2260733/gov-parnell-appoints-new-alaska.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/12/2260733/gov-parnell-appoints-new-alaska.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:54:31 AKST Gov. Sean Parnell on Thursday announced the appointment of an Anchorage attorney as Alaska's new attorney general. Michael Geraghty, 59, will replace John Burns, whose resignation became effective Jan. 2,

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]]> <![CDATA[Honeman criticism of Sheffield called politically motivated]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/11/2259328/honeman-criticism-of-sheffield.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/11/2259328/honeman-criticism-of-sheffield.html Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:31:20 AKST Embattled Anchorage port director Bill Sheffield says Assemblyman Paul Honeman quietly sought campaign donations last fall, then demanded his ouster from the port when he ignored Honeman's pleas.

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]]> <![CDATA[Treadwell to address annual anti-abortion rally in Juneau]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/11/2258366/treadwell-to-address-annual-anti.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/11/2258366/treadwell-to-address-annual-anti.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:41:34 AKST Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell is the scheduled featured speaker for an anti-abortion rally on the state Capitol steps next week.

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]]> <![CDATA[Number of independent voters up since 2010, GOP also gains]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2257280/number-of-independent-voters-up.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2257280/number-of-independent-voters-up.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:40:43 AKST The number of registered independent and undeclared voters in Alaska has increased by more than 8,700 in the past two years.

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]]> <![CDATA[Feds must justify secrecy on Young investigation files]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2256226/fbi-cant-withhold-entire-file.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2256226/fbi-cant-withhold-entire-file.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:40:27 AKST A federal judge in Washington ruled today that the Justice Department was wrong in categorically refusing to provide any of its criminal investigative files on Alaska Rep. Don Young to…

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]]> <![CDATA[Accusation of gerrymandering opens redistricting trial]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2255934/democrats-charge-gerrymandering.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2255934/democrats-charge-gerrymandering.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:32:13 AKST Two state senators have testified that the state's redistricting plan is political gerrymandering intended to eliminate one of them to make way for a Republican.

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]]> <![CDATA[State flags to be lowered in Orbeck's honor]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2256037/state-flags-to-be-lowered-in-orbecks.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2256037/state-flags-to-be-lowered-in-orbecks.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:35:09 AKST State flags will be lowered Thursday to honor former Alaska labor commissioner and lawmaker Ed Orbeck.

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]]> <![CDATA[Number of Alaska independent voters up since 2010]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2256025/number-of-alaska-independent-voters.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/01/10/2256025/number-of-alaska-independent-voters.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:33:53 AKST The number of registered independent and undeclared voters in Alaska has increased by more than 8,700 in the past two years, the most of any political grouping…

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