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State Government
French finally wins SD J
An important Senate seat in Anchorage will remain with the Democrats. The recount for Senate District J shows Sen. Hollis French 59 votes ahead of Republican challenger Bob Bell. French picked up eight votes in the recount, garnering 7,605 to Bell’s 7,546 votes. Bell called for the recount, which was paid for by the state,…
CBJ Assembly asks for resolution backing power to the end of Glacier Highway
The Juneau Assembly has asked the city’s Law Department to draft a resolution calling for an extension of electrical power to the end of Glacier Highway.
Boundary commission postpones Juneau’s annexation petition
The state’s Local Boundary Commission has postponed indefinitely the City and Borough of Juneau’s petition to annex nearly 2,000 square miles south of the Capital City. Juneau is asking a judge to block the boundary commission’s earlier approval of Petersburg’s petition to form a borough, which includes much of the same territory. The Local Boundary…
Thomas asks for recount
Haines Republican Representative Bill Thomas has asked for a recount. Thomas is 34 votes behind political newcomer Jonathon Kreiss-Tomkins of Sitka for House District 34. Elections Division Director Gail Fenumiai has set the recount date for Monday at 9 a.m. in the Juneau office. Meanwhile, Alaska’s 2012 general election has been certified. Fenumiai says the…
Parnell wants student performance part of teacher evals
Governor Sean Parnell wants the State Board of Education to make student performance an important part of teacher evaluations.