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Drilling ban back for revisions
White House may replace blanket moratorium with a more targeted ban

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TRUTH TEST: Did Bennet actually say, ‘No way?’
KUSA – Throughout the 2010 election season, 9NEWS will hold those who run political commercials on our networks accountable for what they say.

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Tea party group turning attention to Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A national tea party group is turning its focus to Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. With the latest win for one of its candidates, in Utah on Tuesday, the Tea Party Express says it no…

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Hotel workers score a win – The government takes the side of hotel workers in their dispute with the Sheraton, but …
On Thursday, June 3, members of Unite HERE Local 878, the hotel workers’ union, and its supporters, gathered in front of the Anchorage Sheraton to celebrate a complaint by the National Labor Relations Board against the hotel’s operators, Dallas-based Remington Hotels, alleging 13 unfair labor practices. The union had placed a boycott on the hotel last November because of its allegations (the …

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Hands Across the Sand
Eagle Rock students are planning to draw their line in the sand of Lake Estes, to stand in solidarity with those citizens across America and the world in Hands Across the Sand, to be held this Saturday.

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Democrats continue hammering GOP over Barton apology to BP
‘In case you forgot what Republican governance is like, Joe Barton reminded you,’ top Obama aide Rahm Emanuel said of the embattled Texas Republican, pictured, in an interview that aired Sunday. Washington (CNN) – A top Democrat kept up the Joe Barton drumbeat Sunday, saying the Republican legislator’s defense of BP last week was an [...]

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Tea Party Express in Alaska endorses Joe Miller for Congress
ANCHORAGE — The Tea Party Express has endorsed conservative Republican Joe Miller in the Aug. 24 Alaska primary against Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski .

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My turn: Modified Sealaska bill falls flat
One thing is clear: Change is coming to the Tongass National Forest. Whether this change builds local, value-added jobs in the woods or continues the misguided practices of the past is currently hanging in the balance. The choice couldn’t be much clearer.

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Sealaska bill being revised
A controversial lands bill sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski and being considered in Congress is being revised.

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Senators Unveil Plans to Help Spill Victims
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC As President Obama lays out the ongoing federal response to the B-P oil spill blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska’s senators are unveiling their own plans to help victims. Senator Lisa Murkowski wants to see an office established to deal with claims quickly and says attorneys should be capped at [...]

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