2010-02-09T01:02:20Z http://housemajority.org/newsclips http://www.housemajority.org/newsclips Ak House Majority Press http://friendfeed.com/static/apple-touch-icon.png?v=2fd0 2010-02-08T22:43:46Z http://housemajority.org/wilson/audio/26/wilson_2010020801a.mp3 2010-02-08T20:23:57Z http://housemajority.org/dahlstrom/audio/26/dahlstrom_2010020801a.mp3 2010-02-08T20:19:04Z http://housemajority.org/item.php?id=item20100208-501 <a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T19:55:46Z http://housemajority.org/chenault/video/26/chenault_2010020801v.mp4 <a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T17:40:16Z http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703894304575047241446787622.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read "Running political newcomers is a proven strategy when the political tide swings drastically toward one side, and at times when voters have soured on Washington in general. In 1994, when Republicans won a majority of House seats after four decades in the minority, 55% of the party's 73 freshmen lawmakers had never held political office. Similarly in 2006, when Democrats took control, 45% of their new lawmakers had never held office before."<a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T17:39:03Z http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704197104575051181299172168.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories <a href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704197104575051181299172168.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories><img src=http://friendfeed-media.com/d209d719f986656013c4e407f26d2a26bc4610d3 width=442 height=175 border=0/></a><br>"Lawmakers in firearm-friendly Texas are embroiled in a debate over how to make the state Capitol safer: get rid of guns or encourage even more. The discussion comes after a man last month fired several shots on the steps of the towering Capitol in Austin. State troopers tackled him and no one was wounded, but the incident spotlighted a predicament for lawmakers in a state where carrying handguns is not only legal but largely cherished."<a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T17:38:24Z http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/story/1129050.html "As part of an effort to shave earmarks from the federal spending plan, President Obama has proposed cutting $10 million from a Denali Commission program that pays to purchase health equipment and build village clinics and elder housing in rural communities."<a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T17:37:56Z http://www.adn.com/news/environment/story/1129066.html "Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have announced the creation of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council advisory group."<a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T17:36:56Z http://www.adn.com/opinion/compass/story/1127843.html "Here we go again. CHARR has managed to rope in the Legislature on the latest pursuit of its longstanding dream of rifling through the pockets of tipped Alaska employees. This time, instead of trying to reduce wages directly, which was soundly rejected several years ago, CHARR has House Bill 240 to freeze tipped employees' wages if they make more than $15 per hour including tips. Let time and inflation take the blame for their gradual loss of wages. Clever."<a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T17:36:32Z http://www.adn.com/paul-jenkins/story/1127836.html "During a Senate hearing, Mullen said: "It is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. No matter how I look at this issue I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy that forces men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.""<a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T17:35:50Z http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/5823408/article-Alaska-legislators-try-to-balance-need-and-merit-under-Parnell-scholarship-plan?instance=home_news_window_left_top_1 <a href=http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/5823408/article-Alaska-legislators-try-to-balance-need-and-merit-under-Parnell-scholarship-plan?instance=home_news_window_left_top_1><img src=http://friendfeed-media.com/20db63607d15d0456050b8394fbc1bd2656fe97e width=75 height=75 border=0/></a><br>"Elected officials seem to have warmed to big increases to state-issued scholarships but, if early signs are right, remain undecided about how to assign that aid. A plan from Gov. Sean Parnell could draw plenty of discussion as it moves through the Legislature."<a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a> 2010-02-08T17:35:30Z http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/5823404/article-UAF-crime-declining-because-of-%E2%80%98good-kids%E2%80%99?instance=home_news_window_left_top_2 "Crime at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been going down for the past two years, but the chief of campus police said he has no idea whatâ&euro;™s behind the decline. UAF police made 220 arrests last year, mostly for liquor and drug law violations. Thatâ&euro;™s down from 245 arrests in 208 and 315 arrests in 2007."<a href=http://housemajority.org/press.php>House Majority Press Releases</a>