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Kodiak Launch Center: First Class But Too Quiet!
Channel 2 NewsThe Kodiak Launch Center has been quiet this year. Too quiet. The facility, which is considered one of the finest anywhere in the world for for "small-lift" polar launches, has -- ironically -- not seen a launch since September 2011. Part of the...Tags: Politics, Wallops Island (Accomack, Virginia), NASA, Atlantic Ocean, Kennedy Space Center
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Murkowski Warns of Federal Budget Cuts Coming
The Associated PressU.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says federal budget cuts are coming and programs dear to Alaskans - highway and defense construction money and rural health dollars - may not be spared. The budget control plan approved last month requires a 12-member...Tags: Politics, Lisa Murkowski, Government Debt, Budgets and Budgeting
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Gov. Sean Parnell Seeks Comparable Spending to 2010 Budget
The Associated PressGov. Sean Parnell says he expects next year's budget to be in line with the state's current spending plans. Parnell tells The Associated Press he believes in limited government and fiscal restraint and doesn't see strong revenues as a license to spend...Tags: Regional Authority, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Justice System, Politics, Executive Branch
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Dramatic End to Alaska's Special Session
Alaska's special session ended in dramatic fashion late last night, leaving the state with a capital budget that totals more than 3.2 billion dollars, and Alaskans without a Coastal Management Program. The House adjourned, which forced the Senate to...Tags: Politics, Alaska, Juneau, Gary Stevens, Sean Parnell
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State lawmakers work into early hours to complete session
Staff WriterLawmakers and their staff are packing up and heading home after a busy 90-day legislative session, which ended very early Monday morning. Legislators and staffers used every minute they could and then some -- no matter how fast lawmakers worked in...Tags: Financial Aid, State Budgets, Laws, Justice System, Politics
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Final hours of legislative session filled with activity
Staff WriterThe state Legislature adjourned for 2010 early Monday, after the House approved a $3.1 billion capital budget in the waning hours of the session. In what could be big news for Anchorage, the budget includes $76 million in general funds to build a new...Tags: Regional Authority, State Budgets, Politics, Alaska, Alan Austerman
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Legislature working down to the wire this weekend
Staff WriterThe state Legislature is facing a busy weekend with its 90-day session scheduled to end on Sunday. As of Friday evening, some big issues are still waiting for a vote. Lawmakers have been working 12-hour days and sometimes even longer, but with several...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Tobacco Products, State Budgets, Politics, Alaska
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Mayor Sullivan visits lawmakers, asks for Anchorage support
Staff WriterAnchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan visited lawmakers in Juneau Thursday and says he is pleased the Legislature is showing support for Anchorage. About $470 million of the proposed capital budget will go to fix up roads, construct buildings and continue work at...Tags: Natural Gas, State Budgets, Financing and Stock Offerings, Justice System, Politics
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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Regional Authority, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Jerry Brown, Root Canal
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From Apple to storms to immigration, GOP divisions may dilute focus on White House scandals
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A string of unrelated events is highlighting divisions among Republicans just when they'd like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama's latest political problems. Tensions between libertarian-...Tags: Social Issues, Tea Party Movement, Peter T. King, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Japan's central bank keeps policy unchanged, says economy 'picking up,' as trade deficit grows
AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the tenth straight month. The Bank of Japan...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Politics, Shinzo Abe, Foreign Exchange Market
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Japan says trade deficit widened to $8.6 billion in April as weak yen pushed imports higher
AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Japan's trade deficit widened to a larger-than-expected 879.9 billion yen ($8.6 billion) in April as its weakening currency accentuated surging import costs. Exports rose 3.8 percent from the same month a year earlier to 5.78...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Money and Monetary Policy, Politics, Foreign Exchange Market
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