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Panich52

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Sat Jun 6, 2015, 11:24 AM Jun 2015

Alaska closes state trooper base due to budget while legislators take weekend off

Alaska Dispatch

With state troopers post set to close, Girdwood mulls policing options
  
The Alaska State Troopers' Girdwood post will close in January due to statewide budget cuts. Residents of the ski town are pondering how to fill the gap in public safety, though two immediate options appear costly.

Crime & Justice | Jerzy Shedlock
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150605/state-troopers-post-set-close-girdwood-mulls-policing-options



Legislative budget negotiations officially off until Monday

  
A House-Senate legislative conference committee that had been scheduled to meet Friday in an attempt to resolve stalled budget negotiations has put off its next meeting until next week.

Politics | Pat Forgey
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150605/legislative-budget-negotiations-officially-until-monday

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Alaska closes state trooper base due to budget while legislators take weekend off (Original Post) Panich52 Jun 2015 OP
Welcome to the third world. CentralMass Jun 2015 #1
suspend the legislators' salaries until they go to work. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #2
When your budget relies on high oil prices edhopper Jun 2015 #3
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