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Legislator proposes greater accountability for office funds

...unspent funds revert to the state general fund.The Legislative Council last month opted for a non-accountable plan for...that just one system be used, thus the change at Legislative Council, she said.Gardner said up to 33 percent of legislators...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-01-28/legislator-proposes-greater-accounta
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Pebble meets with EPA chief

...and how tribes and community members can get involved. Study subcommittee set In other Pebble news, the state Legislative Council has formed a subcommittee to set the parameters for a third-party study of the potential Pebble mine impact...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/081910/bus_697428292.shtml
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EPA to undertake study on potential Pebble impacts

...Association urged Gov. Sean Parnell to veto the study. Responsibility for carrying out the study was delegated to the Legislative Council, a 14-member joint committee of House and Senate members. The council held two hearings on the matter before...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/021811/tra_787587273.shtml
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Pebble supporters protest study

...capital budget is stirring up a ruckus between the usual suspects. At issue is a $750,000 reappropriation to the Legislative Council summed up in a single sentence to "conduct for the Legislature an independent third-party scientific and multidisciplinary...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/052310/new_643452717.shtml
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Legislative body to study Pebble

...from the statehouse to the legislative council after Gov. Sean Parnell approved...next stage is to track the legislative council process on the scope." The...some collaboration with the legislative council on the RFP moving forward...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/062710/new_662252153.shtml
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Legislature hires law firm for pipeline issues

...the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and advise lawmakers on federal pipeline issues, Torgerson said. The Legislative Council, which represents the Legislature when it is not in session, authorized the pipeline committee to hire the attorney...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/020802/ala_020802alapm0030001.shtml
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Plan to hold subsistence hearings in Fairbanks turned back

...Speaker Gail Phillips and Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin. His resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 25, would urge the Legislative Council to challenge the portion of ANILCA that requires Alaska to provide a rural priority for subsistence. That rural...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/020802/ala_020802alapm0130001.shtml
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Legislators spar over Pebble study

...paid for with a $750,000 appropriation in the latest capital budget -- the six-member subcommittee of the legislative council must first decide whether to sole-source the contract to the National Academy of Sciences or to put the project...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/100510/new_716141646.shtml
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Pebble study stalls: Lawmakers struggle with parameters

...Sean Parnell included $750,000 for this fiscal year to conduct the study. The six-member subcommittee of the Legislative Council, chaired by House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, met Oct. 28 in Anchorage and was joined by phone by Warren...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/112210/new_740000343.shtml
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Put Pebble in perspective

...question, Alaska lawmakers need to keep a close eye as the project progresses. A six-member subcommittee of the Legislative Council, chaired by House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, has $750,000 at its disposal to conduct a study of...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/112810/ope_742683884.shtml
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