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Juneau Empire
February 8, 2018
When Sarah Palin was elected governor in 2006, she earned only 25 percent of Juneau's vote. Her Republican predecessor, Frank Murkowski, won nearly 42 percent. But he had roots in Southeast and Sarah hailed from the Mat Su. Juneau had recently survived a statewide vote to move legislativeÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 5, 2018
Frank Murkowski and Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young all voted for the bill. The bill requires employers of 50 or more to grant their employees up to 90 days of unpaid time off for treatment of their own medical problems or to care for a new child or sick relative. Upon their return, employees must be givenÃÂ ...
The Michigan Daily
February 4, 2018
Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, gave up his seat to become governor. He carefully considered 24 Alaskan officials as potential replacements and then appointed his daughter, Lisa Murkowski. Rep. Charles Gonzalez, D-Texas, now occupies the seat once held by his father. So do Reps. Jim Duncan and HaroldÃÂ ...
Sierra Magazine
January 31, 2018
The current senator's father, Senator Frank Murkowski, first introduced the King Cove Health and Safety Act, which would have allowed construction of the road, in 1997. Then-president Bill Clinton threatened to veto the bill, but it ultimately died in the House. In 2007, Senator Lisa Murkowski reignited theÃÂ ...
EcoWatch
January 31, 2018
Frank Murkowski, first introduced the King Cove Health and Safety Act, which would have allowed construction of the road, in 1997. Then-president Bill Clinton threatened to veto the bill, but it ultimately died in the House. In 2007, Sen. Murkowski reignited the debate with a proposed bill for a land exchangeÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
January 27, 2018
Jan. 27, 2008 — In the spring of 1957 when the Don and Alice McKee family moved 25 miles out of town to homestead at 20 Mile on the Chena Hot Springs winter trail, they were the only family in the area. So the McKees deferred to the family and community principles of the National Grange they learnedÃÂ ...
KTVA
January 22, 2018
Frank Murkowski in 2006. Just last year, lawmakers approved a bill that restructured an oil tax credit program, ending upfront exploration payments. Instead, oil companies receive investment credits once they begin producing oil. The state could afford the old plan of making cash payments when oil pricesÃÂ ...
Alaskajournal.com
December 27, 2017
... to encourage private sector investment, even if that means more Alaska reality television shows. Rob Corbisier is an environmental and natural resources attorney at Reeves Amodio in Anchorage. He was an assistant district attorney from 2007-2012, and a special assistant to Gov. Frank Murkowski.
CNN
December 21, 2017
Frank Murkowski. Sen. Murkowski is wearing Hulk earrings today in honor of the late Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, who wore a Hulk tie when he would try to get ANWR passed. She's never worn them until today, when the Senate will likely get it passed through tax reform. pic.twitter.com/OMwhHctQiw.
KTOO
December 20, 2017
He calls the victory long overdue. For Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the ANWR fight is a family legacy. She left the Capitol early Wednesday after the Senate voted to pass the bill. “It was on my way out, I gave my dad a call,” Murkowski said. Lisa's father, Frank Murkowski, held the office before her. He and then-Sen.
CNN
December 20, 2017
Frank Murkowski was first elected to the Senate in 1980 and served until 2002, when he ran for governor and won. After reviewing candidates to appoint as his replacement in the Senate, he went with a controversial decision to pick his daughter, Lisa, who was a state legislator at the time. It was a highlyÃÂ ...
KTUU.com
December 19, 2017
Frank Murkowski. Murkowski, who's very superstitious, said she's had the earrings for a while but didn't wear them until today because she said she "never had just the right moment." "So I figured today was the day to be channeling my inner Ted Stevens and wearing the Hulk," she said, before she knockedÃÂ ...
CNN
December 10, 2017
Frank Murkowski and Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young all pushed for the road; President Bill Clinton vetoed the bill. Ultimately Stevens and Young helped create a $37.5 million compromise, with funding for a relocated airstrip and a new King Cove clinic. Eventually more money was added for a hovercraftÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 10, 2017
In 2005, a letter of concern signed by over one hundred scientists went to Governor Frank Murkowski requesting that predator control programs incorporate sound science. A similar letter signed by even more scientists went to Governor Sarah Palin. And an organization of professional biologists twiceÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 9, 2017
The passage of that bill, which now goes to conference with the House, puts Ms. Murkowski on the cusp of winning a 40-year battle joined by her father, Senator Frank Murkowski, to allow drilling in the refuge's coastal plain, a 1.5 million acre ribbon that was not protected as wilderness under the originalÃÂ ...
KTOO
May 25, 2017
Frank Murkowski pitches Alaska-Canada rail link (again). By Casey Grove, Alaska Public MediaMay 25, 2017Transportation ÷ No Comments; 0; 0. 0 0. Frank Murkowski is again pitching a rail link between Canada and Alaska, an old idea the former senator and governor worked on when he was in office. Audio Player.
Juneau Empire
April 13, 2017
Former Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski is traveling the state at the request of current Gov. Bill Walker to promote a railway connecting Alaska to Canadian rails. Murkowski is holding a Rails to Resources informational packet his office produced in June 2000 when he was a U.S. Senator for Alaska. (MichaelÃÂ ...
youralaskalink
April 12, 2017
Anchorage, AK- Your Alaska Link had the opportunity to sit down with Alaska's former U.S. Senator and Governor Frank Murkowski, who spoke about his ... In Part II, the Honorable Frank Murkowski details his new railroad project, attempting to connect Alaska with Canada, after being approached byÃÂ ...
CNN
May 9, 2005
Today, Frank Murkowki is the governor of Alaska, but from 1980 to 2002, he was a conservative Republican senator from Alaska.
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