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Nunavut signs devolution agreement-in-principle with Canada, Inuit organization

16 August 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments devolution, Inuit, legislation, Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik

Nunavut has reached an agreement-in-principle on devolution with the government of Canada and the territorial Inuit organization. Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations

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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories approve updates to decades-old oil ans gas laws

15 August 201915 August 2019 Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments energy, gas, legislation, Northwest Territories, NWT, oil

MLAs in the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, have passed two pieces of oil and gas legislation, replacing decades-old legislation.

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Canada’s Northwest Territories to overhaul smoking laws, raise minimum age to buy tobacco

13 August 201914 August 2019 Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments drugs, health, legislation, Northwest Territories, NWT, smoking, youth

The Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, is set to raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 19 as part of

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MLAs in Canada’s Northwest Territories expect ‘hectic’ sitting ahead of territorial election

12 August 2019 Sidney Cohen, CBC News 0 Comments carbon tax, education, elections, legislation, mining, Northwest Territories, NWT

Northwest Territories MLAs, in Northern Canada, have a jam-packed agenda as they head into their last scheduled sitting before the

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Ten things to know about Alaska’s budget

2 August 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, legislation

Between budgets passing and parts being vetoed, the reverse sweep and a divided Legislature, it can be a confusing time.

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University of Alaska students, staff on edge due to impending budget cuts

12 July 201915 July 2019 Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, budget, education, legislation, University of Alaska

On the day the Legislature unsuccessfully attempted to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s line-item veto, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) biology

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Alaska Legislature fails to override governor’s budget vetoes

11 July 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, education, Juneau, legislation, Wasilla

The Alaska Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s state budget vetoes on Wednesday. Without enough lawmakers present to reach

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New bylaw in Inuvik, Arctic Canada bans cannabis stores in ‘downtown corridor’

3 July 2019 Mackenzie Scott, CBC News 0 Comments drugs, Inuvik, legislation, marijuana, Northwest Territories, NWT

If a cannabis retail store eventually opens in Inuvik, N.W.T., it won’t be in the town’s main downtown retail sector.

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Canada’s new Indigenous languages law does not protect Inuit languages, leaders say

27 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, indigenous languages, Inuit, Inuktitut, Inuktut, legislation

Inuit leaders are calling on the Canadian government to make a real commitment to protect Inuit languages, saying the recently

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Alaska governor says permanent fund dividend formula must be approved by popular vote

21 June 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, legislation, Mike Dunleavy, Permanent Fund

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy told a working group of state senators and representatives on Wednesday that any changes they propose

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Canadian eastern Arctic: Inuit values, inmate care, focus of new Nunavut Corrections Act

20 June 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, Inuit, jail, legislation, Nunavut, police, prison

Nunavut’s new Corrections Act focuses on Inuit participation, mental health for inmates, and creates an independent oversight position for the

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Alaska working group seeks way forward on permanent fund dividend amid heated debate

19 June 201919 June 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, legislation, Mike Dunleavy, Permanent Fund

The size of this year’s permanent fund dividend looms over every other issue facing the Alaska state government. Gov. Mike

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Alaskans push for acceptance of walrus ivory, but there’s an elephant in the room

18 June 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, hunting, indigenous, ivory, legislation, Senate, walrus

U.S. federal law prohibits sales of African elephant ivory, but six states have now banned the sale of ivory more

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Alaska governor calls second special session to fund permanent fund dividends

14 June 201914 June 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, legislation, Mike Dunleavy, Permanent Fund

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has called the Alaska Legislature into a second special session to fund permanent fund dividends. The session

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Senate committee passes bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada

12 June 201912 June 2019 John Paul Tasker, CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, legislation, Senate, UNDRIP, United Nations

The Senate’s Aboriginal peoples committee has passed a bill that will implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of

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