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Editorial: Fiscal flop: Governor must trim budget
Where is the outrage at the enormity of the capital budget and bond package emerging from the state Legislature?
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Editorial: Our view: Do I hear $3 billion?
Restraint has not been the order of the day for the Alaska Legislature in building this year's capital budget. Talk of $1 billion quickly became $2 billion and by Friday, with the House adding its favorite projects to the Senate's, stood within easy reach of $3 billion. Billion with a "b," as in bloated.
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DV laws pass Legislature
Day 89 of the 90-day legislative session closed the door on one looming conflict, saw widespread approval of laws advancing Gov. Sean Parnell's domestic violence initiative, and ushered through a bill outlawing sexual acts with animals.
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Editorial: Our view: Cruise tax cutting
Gov. Sean Parnell's bill to roll back the cruise ship passenger head tax is still in play in the Legislature, part of the end-of-session wrangling and dealing. The Senate passed its version on Wednesday and now the bill goes to the House, where it may be amended and destined for final bargaining in conference committee.
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Senate OKs cruise tax cut as session heats up
JUNEAU -- The state Senate approved a measure Wednesday that would lower Alaska's head tax on cruise ship passengers by at least $11.50 per person.
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Senate passes bill cracking down on sex offenders
A measure aimed at cracking down on sex offenders unanimously passed the state Senate on Sunday.
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Our view: Enough dithering
Editorial: Lawmakers should decide how to pay for crime lab, then do it.
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Editorial: Life sciences at UAF
The Legislature certainly has the prerogative to move up funding for a sports complex at the University of Alaska Anchorage, if that’s what it wants to do. But the decision should not come at the expense of the proposed life sciences building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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The Time is now to raise the hue and cry
The phrase, "raise the hue and cry," has its roots in 13th century England. More than 800 years ago, English villagers who witnessed a crime understood their responsibility to report it and to assist in bringing the criminal to justice.
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Governor Parnell urges ‘cultural shift’ to save lives, marriages, cultures
With the help of Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz and local Catholics, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell hopes to raise awareness about an “epidemic” of domestic violence and sexual assault in the state.
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Tourism boost: Governor’s proposed reduction in head tax needs approval
Ah, spring. That time of year in Alaska when the thoughts of business owners turn to that most cherished of blossoms — the tourist.
But the crop of visitors might not be as abundant again this coming season, due not only to a sour economy but also to some damage that Alaska voters inflicted upon the tourism industry in 2006 by approving an exorbitant head tax on cruise ship passengers.
Gov. Sean Parnell has taken up the cause lately with two solid proposals that seek to boost the tourism industry, one of the backbones of businesses large and small in the Last Frontier.
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Parnell bill would cut head tax by almost 60 percent
Gov. Sean Parnell introduced a bill Thursday to reduce the cruise ship head tax to just $19 per person, or $34 when including local head taxes in Juneau and Ketchikan.
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Governor introduces bill to cut cruise tax
Gov. Sean Parnell introduced legislation Thursday aimed at reducing the state's head tax on cruise ship passengers and bringing more tourists to Alaska.
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Head-tax hopes
Gov. Sean Parnell gave Alaska businesses hope when he proposed cutting the cruise tax.
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Our view: Cruise ship deal
After catching cruise company heat in Miami, Gov. Sean Parnell has proposed rolling back the state's head tax on cruise passengers from $50 to $34.50 and easing regulatory rules. In return, cruise lines say they'll restore some traffic in 2011 and drop their legal challenge to the state's head tax. There should be a workable deal here.
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Honoring an economic mandate
An online radio poll in Juneau asks respondents if “Governor Parnell should honor the wishes of voters in the State who passed the cruise ship head tax ballot initiative in 2006”. ...As to whether the governor should honor Alaska voters, I'd say that by fine-tuning this law, he is doing just that.
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Alaska delegation splits over health care reform vote
Alaska’s Congressional delegation split across party lines in reaction to the passing of the Democrat-backed health care bill...Gov. Sean Parnell also denounced the legislation via press release.
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Parnell reiterates criticism against federal regulation
Gov. Sean Parnell said miners face an uphill battle against federal regulators, and his office is "fighting with everything we've got" against the feds and "overzealous" environmental groups.
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Editorial: The facts of Life Sciences
Those who are seeking to change the funding approach for the top University of Alaska construction project need to explain why they want to risk setting back a project that is the priority of university leaders and has the backing of Gov. Sean Parnell.
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KTVA: Overwhelming majority of Republicans support Sean Parnell
According to a recent survey an overwhelming majority of Republicans support Sean Parnell in this year's election season.
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