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Save our Salmon Initiative Results Will Take a While
The showdown over the proposed pebble mine in Western Alaska is heating up. Tomorrow voters will decide on an initiative aimed at blocking the mine, but the results will not be tallied for a couple weeks.
The Save our Salmon initiative would prohibit...Tags: Politics, Chicago Hotels, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Voting
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Voters Reject Air Quality Ballot Initiative
Fairbanks voters have soundly rejected a ballot initiative aimed at improving air quality.
If passed in Tuesday's election, the initiative would have banned outdoor wood-fired boilers and coal-fired devices, as well as creating emissions standards for...Tags: Politics, Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Pebble Mine Vote Results Due Monday
The Associated PressResults are expected Monday on a Lake and Peninsula Borough ballot measure aimed squarely at the proposed Pebble Mine. Turnout was robust, about 57 percent, in the local election, which was conducted by mail. Officials plan to begin counting the ballots...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Politics, Chicago Hotels, Voting
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Anti-Pebble Mine Group Claims Victory in Local Election
Channel 2 NewsA group seeking to block the proposed Pebble Mine is claiming victory in a local election in the Lake and Peninsula Borough. Voters there cast ballots on what was dubbed the "Save Our Salmon" ballot initiative, which would block large-scale mineral...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Politics, Chicago Hotels, Local Elections, Voting
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Pro-Pebble Mine Group Contributed to Anti-Initiative Effort
The Associated PressThe pro-Pebble Mine group promoting the project near the headwaters of Bristol Bay donated $150,000 to defeat an initiative aimed at Pebble in the waning days of the election. Records filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission show Pebble Limited...Tags: Politics, Chicago Hotels, Voting
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APOC Dismisses Pebble Complaint Over School Flyers
The Alaska Public Offices Commission has dismissed a complaint over a ballot initiative aimed at the Pebble Mine project.
The Juneau Empire reports Alaskans for Bristol Bay alleged that opponents of the Save our Salmon ballot initiative were distributing...Tags: Politics, Chicago Hotels, Mase, Juneau, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Houston Mayor Survives Recall Election
Channel 2 NewsHouston Mayor Virgie Thompson has apparently survived a recall election to remove her from the city council, which would have also removed her from being mayor. Here are the unofficial results from the Houston City Clerk's office: Ballot question:...Tags: Politics, Elections, Local Elections, Voting
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Pebble Partnership Seeks Help From AK Supreme Court
Channel 2 NewsThe legal battle over the highly controversial proposed Pebble Mine continues to grow. The Pebble Partnership hopes the highest court in the state will block a proposition from being on the Lake and Peninsula Borough's ballot in October. The proposition...Tags: Politics, Elections, Voting, Alaska, Local Government
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Equal Rights Initiative Could Be on April's Ballot
Channel 2 NewsThere is a chance Anchorage voters may have the final say on an equal rights law come April. Equality Works has launched its One Anchorage Campaign, a push to garner enough support and signatures to get an equal rights initiative on the next ballot. The...Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Minority Groups, Anglicanism, Gays and Lesbians
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'Save Our Salmon' Initiative Gathers Signatures
Channel 2 NewsToday, the group Alaskans for Bristol Bay announced that it has gathered enough signatures for a local ballot measure that the group says could put the brakes on the proposed Pebble Mine. The move would put an inititative on the Lake and Peninsula...Tags: Politics, Elections, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Voting
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April Ballot To Address Mandatory ID Checks at Liquor Stores
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage voters will be able to weigh in this April on whether Anchorage liquor stores should conduct universal identification checks for all purchases. Anchorage Assembly member Mike Gutierrez says there are more than 1,000 people in the state...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Elections, Crimes, Voting
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Assembly sends variety of bonds to voters
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage voters will have a lot of decisions to make in a couple of months, after the Anchorage Assembly approved a slew of bonds -- but not a proposed tax cap -- to appear on the ballot in the April 5 city election at its Tuesday meeting. Among the...Tags: Politics, Elections, Voting, Alaska
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