...by then-President Bill Clinton. Efforts since then aimed at opening ANWR for development - supported by state political leaders and members of Alaska's congressional delegation - have gone nowhere.U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska...

...Alaska's tax structure. Oil taxes have been a dominant issue at the Legislature for the past two years, with political leaders sharing a goal of getting more oil flowing through the trans-Alaska pipeline - the state's economic lifeline...

...expansion. We used every avenue open to us, short of litigation. But Bill Sheffield and his cronies pushed on and no political leader had the courage to question the crazy assumptions used to rationalize the project. Now, taxpayers have lost hundreds...

Opens Friday, Sep 23, 2011 Synopsis: This second-string Sam Peckinpah action film features James Caan as ex-CIA agent Mike Locken, who has retired due to injuries received at the hands of his ex-partner George Hansen (Robert Duvall). But Mike is lured out of retirement to protect Yuen Chung (Mako), an Asian political leader. There's a contract out on Yuen Chung's life -- and the killer assigned to rub out Yuen Chung is none other than Mike's former partner, George Hansen. The confrontation between the two leads to a showdown on a decaying naval vessel between Mike's forces and a group of ninja warriors. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi Cast: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins, Mako Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

Opens Friday, Jan 13, 2012 Synopsis: Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, Coriolanus, scripted by John Logan, updates one of Shakespeare's more difficult play, without sacrificing the Bard's original dialogue. Set in modern times, the movie stars Fiennes as the title character, a fierce General able to fight Rome's most dreaded enemies as well as quell civil unrest from a lack of food. When politicians convince Coriolanus to become a political leader, is natural fierceness and lack of political instincts lead to him being disgraced by other politicians and eventually forced to leave Roma after being branded a traitor. He then joins with his former enemies to invade Rome, and the only person who may be able to talk him out of this revenge plan is his mother (Vanessa Redgrave). The film, which features a portion of the play's dialogue transferred into the mouths of talking-heads on television news shows, played at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

Opens Friday, Sep 23, 2011 Synopsis: This second-string Sam Peckinpah action film features James Caan as ex-CIA agent Mike Locken, who has retired due to injuries received at the hands of his ex-partner George Hansen (Robert Duvall). But Mike is lured out of retirement to protect Yuen Chung (Mako), an Asian political leader. There's a contract out on Yuen Chung's life -- and the killer assigned to rub out Yuen Chung is none other than Mike's former partner, George Hansen. The confrontation between the two leads to a showdown on a decaying naval vessel between Mike's forces and a group of ninja warriors. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi Cast: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins, Mako Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

...get work and a virtually impenetrable forest would be opened to home builders, hikers and Winnebagos. Ketchikan political leaders are squarely behind the project. Companies that have suffered since the town's pulp mill -- the major private...

...opting out of theirs. Maybe if that were a stipulation, then the new public plan would probably be a great plan. The same should apply to Social Security and Medicare. How about it, our great political leaders? Larry Richard Soldotna

...cruise ship head tax at the time. "It appears that the proponents of the head tax have been able to convince the political leaders in Alaska that the global economic crisis is the reason for declining passenger numbers in 2009," Frank said during...

...according to Wortham-Turnbull, the walls also are adorned with many photos of Sen. Murkowski pictured with other political leaders and other Alaskans. "We learned about the (work) rules, the expectations and the tasks we would be doing...