26th Alaska State Legislature

	26th Alaska State Legislature History The 26th Alaska State Legislature was elected in November 2008. Sessions * First session: January 20, 2009 – May 19, 2009 * Special session: August 10, 2009 * Second session: January 19, 2010 – April 18, 2010 See also List of Alaska State Legislatures 25th Alaska State Legislature, the legislature preceding this one * 27th Alaska State Legislature, the legislature following this one * List of governors of Alaska * List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives * Alaska Legislature * Alaska Senate References External links All links listed below point to current pages related to the Alaska Legislature, not archives pertaining to this particular legislature.Alaska Legislature websiteAlaska Senate websiteAlaska House of Representatives websiteAK Senate Bipartisan Working Group website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Alaska Legislature The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives (lower house) and the 20-member Alaska Senate (upper house). There are 40 House Districts (1–40) and 20 Senate Districts (A–T). With a total of 60 lawmakers, the Alaska Legislature is the smallest bicameral state legislature in the United States and the second-smallest of all state legislatures (only the 49-member unicameral Nebraska Legislature is smaller). There are no term limits for either chamber. The Alaska Legislature meets in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. The current sitting is the 32nd Alaska State Legislature. Organization Non-professional legislature Unlike other state legislatures with longer sessions, the Alaska Legislature's comparatively short session allows many lawmakers to retain outside employment, especially in the state's many seasonal industries, such as fishing and touris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Alaska State Legislatures The legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska has convened 32 times since statehood became effective on January 3, 1959. Legislatures See also * List of governors of Alaska * List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives * Alaska Legislature * Alaska Senate * Alaska * Government of Alaska References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:List of Alaska State Legislatures Legislatures alaska alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	25th Alaska State Legislature The 25th Alaska State Legislature served for a term lasting from January 16, 2007, to January 19, 2009. All forty representatives and one-half of the senate (ten members) were elected to their terms on November 7, 2006. The remaining ten senators were elected to their terms on November 2, 2004. Sessions * First session: January 16, 2007 – May 16, 2007 * Second session: January 15, 2008 – April 13, 2008 * Special session: June 3, 2008 – August 7, 2008 In the 2006 elections, a voter initiative championed by freshman Fairbanks representative Jay Ramras was passed by voters, which reduced the statutory length of the session from the existing length of 120 days to 90 days. The changes to the law made by the initiative took effect with the second session of this legislature. Current legislation would make changes to accommodate a 90 session. Although the second session adjourned on time, some members of the legislature claimed that legislation was rushed and public input was j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	27th Alaska State Legislature 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]