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Alaska town waives Sunday alcohol ban for the big game - TheNewsTribune.com
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:17:25 GMT

Alaska town waives Sunday alcohol ban for the big game
TheNewsTribune.com
"They could be on the cutting edge up there in Alaska," said Todd McGee with the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. Alaska is not a blue-law state, but local communities can choose to ban Sunday sales. Neither is Pennsylvania, but that ...

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Taxpayers pay to defend prosecutors in Ted Stevens case - USA TODAY
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:12:56 GMT

USA TODAY

Taxpayers pay to defend prosecutors in Ted Stevens case
USA TODAY
By Brad Heath, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – The federal government has spent nearly $1.8 million defending prosecutors from allegations they broke the law in the botched corruption case against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens, Justice Department records ...
Botched Stevens Case Costs Taxpayers $1.8 Million in Legal FeesMain Justice
What taxpayers paid to defend Stevens prosecutorsAlaska Dispatch

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Make My Day law for business advances in Colorado - Fox News
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:33:20 GMT

Make My Day law for business advances in Colorado
Fox News
Claire Levy said. Most states have some variation of a self-defense law. In legislatures from Alaska to Oklahoma, lawmakers are considering adopting or extending such protections. On Thursday, Republicans in a Colorado House committee advanced the ...

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Virginia Court Grants Rehearing of Global Warming Claims Case - Insurance Journal
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:20:59 GMT

Virginia Court Grants Rehearing of Global Warming Claims Case
Insurance Journal
Steadfast provided AES a defense under a reservation of rights and filed a declaratory judgment action in the Circuit Court of Arlington County in Virginia. The Alaskan village asserted that the deleterious results of emitting carbon dioxide and ...

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Laws keep pets on short leash - Columbia Daily Tribune
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:04:49 GMT

Laws keep pets on short leash
Columbia Daily Tribune
Here are a few of the more entertaining ones from “The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities.” In Alaska, it is illegal to give a moose alcohol in Fairbanks, and no one may tie their pet dog to the roof of a car. Juneau has a law forbidding ...

Rural Alaska educators criticize state intervention program - The Republic
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:08:40 GMT

Rural Alaska educators criticize state intervention program
The Republic
Hanley said he understands the frustration that districts feel when an outside authority is given say over schools, but he insists state intervention is legally required because of Moore v. Alaska, a 2004 case that found the state had violated the ...

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Alaska's halibut management faces scrutiny at IPHC - Alaskajournal.com
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:55:33 GMT

Alaska's halibut management faces scrutiny at IPHC
Alaskajournal.com
In many cases rightly so, Alaska is not bashful about touting itself as a model for sustainable fisheries management. When it comes to halibut, however, the glaring deficiencies in Alaskan management compared to British Columbia and the Pacific ...

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Senate bill aimed at helping fund civil legal services for low-income Alaskans - The Republic
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:55:22 GMT

Senate bill aimed at helping fund civil legal services for low-income Alaskans
The Republic
AP JUNEAU, Alaska — Senators are considering legislation intended to fund civil legal services for low-income Alaskans. Legal Services' Nicole Nelson says her group provided representation to over 2500 families in the last year but had to turn many ...
Bill would help fund legal services for poorTheNewsTribune.com

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AK: Former Anchorage Mayors Support Gay Rights Initiative - Gayapolis
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:02:57 GMT

Alaska Dispatch

AK: Former Anchorage Mayors Support Gay Rights Initiative
Gayapolis
According to Alaska's News Tribune, five former Anchorage mayors have come out in support of a measure that would give legal protections to Alaska's LGBT citizens. The mayors, Rick Mystrom, Jack Roderick, Matt Claman, Tony Knowles and Mark Begich, ...
5 former Anchorage mayors back gay rights initiativeTheNewsTribune.com
Has time come for Anchorage to embrace equal rights?Alaska Dispatch

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Archdiocese Angers Many by Contesting Abuse Claims - New York Times
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:25 GMT

Archdiocese Angers Many by Contesting Abuse Claims
New York Times
The archdiocese ran notices in local parish bulletins and in newspapers across the country, as the bankruptcy court required. However, if the archdiocese has its way in court, as many as 95 percent of the claims could be dismissed.

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