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Ketchikan: Listen to this story... Only fifteen percent
of registered Ketchikan voters turned out for Tuesday's Special
Election for Charter Commission candidates. As Deanna Garrison
reports, the seven candidates elected Tuesday will have eight
months to create a Draft Charter for a Consolidated City and
Borough Government.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Wednesday - Jan. 14, 2004 - 12:55 am
Alaska: Governor
to explore use of fund...ADDRESS: Murkowski creates panel to
decide whether to use money to balance budget. - Gov. Frank
Murkowski on Tuesday announced plans to hold a conference that
will decide for him whether the Permanent Fund should be used
to balance the state budget. If so, he said, he wants a public
vote on that question in November. - Read
this story...
Anchorage
Daily News - linked Wednesday - Jan. 14, 2004
Alaska: Shaping the permanent fund's future;
Murkowski plans conference to consider use of Alaska Permanent
Fund income - Gov.
Frank Murkowski called for a conference Tuesday night to make
recommendations on whether the state should use some income from
the Alaska Permanent Fund to help pay for government. - Read
this story...
Juneau Empire - Wednesday
- January 14, 2004
Alaska: 1) Text
of State of the State Speech (10 pages pdf).....2) Charting
Alaska's Future 2004-2006 (16 pages pdf).....3) Permanent
Fund Conference Fact Sheet (3 page pdf)...
Wednesday - January 14, 2004 - 12:55 am
Alaska: Dems
reserve judgment on plan; GOP stresses spending limit - The
governor's proposal for a process to determine whether to use
part of the Permanent Fund income for state government is not
the way Democrats would have handled Alaska's fiscal gap, but
they are reserving judgment on the plan, minority lawmakers said
Tuesday night. - Read
this story...
Juneau Empire - Wednesday
- January 14, 2004
Alaska: Lynn's
longevity bonus stance vexes House GOP...LEGISLATURE: Anchorage
Republican's decision to stand with Democrats angers caucus.
- Anchorage state Rep. Bob Lynn is in serious trouble
with his fellow Republicans for joining the Democrats in supporting
a vote on restoring the longevity bonus. - Read
this story...
Anchorage
Daily News - linked Wednesday - Jan. 14, 2004
POW: Listen to this story... One small school
district on Prince of Wales Island offers students an opportunity
found in few other places. Hydaburg School District students
can learn everything they need to become a master diver. Jay
Marble has this report.
KRBD - Ketchikan Public Radio
- linked Wednesday - Jan. 14, 2004 - 12:55 am
Ketchikan: Zahler
Named KGH Employee of the Month - John Zahler, Registered
Pharmacist (RPh), Pharmacy Manager at Ketchikan General Hospital
(KGH) for the past three years, has been named Employee of the
Month by a committee of his peers.
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