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Borough Clerk rejects vote-by-mail initiative

...the sought RCV conflicts with state law. "Most problematic is that the RCV system proposed conflicts with (state law) requiring that a runoff be between two candidates with the greatest number of votes," Blankenship wrote in her conclusion...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-05-30/borough-clerk-rejects-vote-by-mail-i
News

...2012 budget year ends on Sept. 30. But not a single one of the 12 annual agency appropriations bills has become law, requiring lawmakers to step in with the stopgap funding measure to avoid a disastrous partial shutdown of the government.WHY...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/2012-09-10-0
Lawmakers rekindle mining reform effort

...states where most of the mining occurs, the Government Accountability Office report found.And there is no federal law requiring the disclosure of production figures from individual mines.Two Democratic lawmakers are hoping public concerns over...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-12-12/lawmakers-rekindle-mining-reform-eff
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Department of Transportation does not listen

...side of her do not have culverts, so what good is hers? She said the Alaska Division of Transportation just passed a law requiring the culvert.I watched the DOT destroy the culverts on our road in 50 years. The superintendent was supposed to mark...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/letters/2011-08-05/department-of-transportat
Letters
Students support Proposition B Secret campaign funds are wrong 'The Boys of Fall' Restoring faith in folks Taking editorial to task Thoughts on voting Thanks for remembering The real Joe Miller

...Essentially, these organizations are functioning as Political Action Committees but without having to follow the laws requiring disclosure of their donors. It should come as no surprise that they lobbied against the DISCLOSE Act in Congress...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/102710/let_726771341.shtml
Opinion
New health commission to review costs

...said in her briefing. The state meanwhile is challenging the constitutionality of the part of the health care reform law requiring individuals to obtain health coverage or pay penalties. Alaska has joined a suit brought by 20 other states, and...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/102810/bus_727327853.shtml
Business
Future of state's LNG plant to flame out?

...as yet. Also, there are no U.S.-built LNG carriers available that would comply with the Jones Act, a federal law requiring shipments from one U.S. port to another to use vessels built in American shipyards. The companies could apply for...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/071909/new_359283397.shtml
Kids? safety is all that matters

...or do we ask the state to step in and make it for us? Legislators exempted four-wheelers and snowmachines from a law requiring drivers be at least 16 on any motorized vehicle five years ago. We can see their reasoning. In a state where there...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/020207/oped_0202ope001.shtml
Opinion
Accused North Pole molester taught in private school, despite conviction

...them.'' Those that don't register are supposed to follow the same laws and regulations as public schools. An old law requiring certificates for private school teachers, however, was repealed in 1966. Nonexempt schools are difficult to track...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/020802/ala_020802alapm00160001.shtml
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Environmental group wants cut in bycatch

...staff under Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles. Oceana accused the National Marine Fisheries Service of failing to implement laws requiring reduction of bycatch in commercial fisheries. Bycatch is fish that is harvested by accident and discarded, typically...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/030102/ala_030102alapm00140001.shtml
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