With the Senate soon to vote on initiatives including expanded background checks of gun purchasers and increased penalties for gun trafficking, a scan through data from polls about gun laws underscores how attitudes for the most part seem to be close to pre-Newtown levels.
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A State Apart And, Politically, A World Away
On a wide variety of issues — gay marriage, tax policy, implementing Obamacare, the death penalty — states are moving in polar opposite directions from one another.
North Korea’s Latest Threat: It Will Restart Nuclear Reactor
A vow Tuesday from North Korea that it will restart a nuclear reactor that eventually could make about one bomb’s worth of plutonium a year further escalates tensions that were already high due to that nation’s almost daily threats, NPR’s Louisa Lim tells our Newscast Desk.
Victim’s Names Released in Helo 1 Crash
In a somber and sometimes emotional press conference Monday in Anchorage, Public Safety Commissioner Joe Masters said that Helo 1′s pilot, Mel Nading, 55, Trooper Tage Toll, 40, of the Talkeetna post, and a body believed to be that of snowmachiner Carl Ober were aboard the downed craft.
House Passes In-State Gasline Bill
In a literal eleventh hour vote on Monday night, the Alaska House passed legislation meant to advance the construction of a small-diameter pipeline.
Assembly considers shooting range permit
Construction of a gun store and indoor shooting range remains on hold as the Juneau Assembly determines whether the Planning Commission properly issued a conditional use permit for the facility. Juneau Veterans for Peace Monday argued the Planning Commission did not consider public health and safety, or the CBJ comprehensive plan, before approving the Juneau…
Juneau man featured in CDC anti-smoking campaign
Michael Patterson, who has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is featured prominently in the CDC’s “Tips from Former Smokers” campaign.
Divided Federal Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Upstart TV Service
We told you in February about Aereo, a service that allows its users to watch TV over the Internet. As we said at the time, the service was attracting waves of lawsuits.
Patent Ruling In India Could Boost Exports Of Cheap Medicine To Third World
A decision by India’s Supreme Court to reject Novartis AG’s bid to patent a version of one cancer drug could lead to more exports of cheap medicine from that country to “poor people across the developing world,” the BBC writes.
EPA To Release Revised Pebble Mine Watershed Assessment
The EPA is scheduled to release its revised watershed assessment for the proposed Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay sometime this spring.