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		<title>Toxic Threat: Coal and your Health Upcoming Lecture Seriews with Alan Lockwood, MD</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alaska Community Action on Toxics is proud to invite you to one of four local receptions and presentations with Dr. Lockwood. He will discuss the growing body of medical evidence linking coal development to risks to your health. Several new coal mines are proposed in Alaska from the Matanuska Valley to Chuitna. A new coal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=961&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Ranks Last Among High-Income Nations on Preventable Deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States ranks last among 16 high-income, industrialized nations when it comes to deaths that could potentially have been prevented with timely access to effective health care, according to a new Commonwealth Fund–supported study in the journal Health Policy. Based on an analysis by Ellen Nolte and Martin McKee, other nations lowered their &#8220;amenable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=929&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SSA&#8217;s Office of Retirement and Disability Policy 2010 Data Release</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SSA&#8217;s Office of Retirement and Disability has released the 2010 numbers for SSI Recipients by State and County. Key Alaskan Numbers: Total SSI Recipients: 12,269 Of this 12,269: 1,890 are aged 10,379 are blind or disabled 1,255 are under 18 7,986 are between 18 and 64 3,028 are 65 or older 4,166 are also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=844&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unions Make the Middle Class</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without Unions, the Middle Class Withers A study released by the Center for American Progress American Worker Project reveals the importance of unions in creating and keeping a strong middle class. Why should anyone—especially those who are not union members—care that union membership is at record lows and likely to fall even further? Because if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=821&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Bill 121: &#8220;Alaska Pensions&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Dennis Egan SB 121 &#8211; Alaska Pensions Sponsor Statement SB 121 lets teachers, Troopers, firefighters and other public employees choose one of two state retirement systems: an individual defined contribution retirement account, or earning a defined benefit pension. A defined benefit pension takes time to earn, but rewards a record of public service by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=824&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>West Anchorage Assembly candidates answer more questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selected questions and answers for Assembly candidates from West Anchorage. Question: A consultant once said Anchorage&#8217;s commercial zoning law has a &#8220;Wild West&#8221; feel because pretty much any use is OK. If you could change one aspect of the way Anchorage looks, what would it be? Harriet Drummond: Guide good mix-use development in the way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=806&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Winning Wage Justice</title>
		<link>http://acpp.info/2011/03/25/winning-wage-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Advocate’s Guide to State &#38; City Policies to Fight Wage Theft National Employment Law Project&#8217;s (NELP&#8217;s) new guide offers 28 innovative policy solutions to the growing problem of wage theft in our communities. On Tuesday&#8217;s webinar, NELP experts will highlight the best policy ideas from the guide and answer your questions. Sign up for one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=803&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Pension Plan Among Most Secure</title>
		<link>http://acpp.info/2011/03/23/wisconsin-pension-plan-among-most-secure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The protests in Wisconsin over public workers’ pay, benefits and collective bargaining rights have underscored a dilemma facing many states: the cost of public pensions and how cash-strapped governments should pay for them. But the turmoil overshadows a salient point: Wisconsin may have a budget deficit, but its pension system does not. Studies show that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=797&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Following the Money 2011</title>
		<link>http://acpp.info/2011/03/20/following-the-money-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ability to see how government uses the public purse is fundamental to democracy. Transparency in government spending checks corruption, bolsters public confidence, and promotes fiscal responsibility. U.S. PIRG just released, “FOLLOWING THE MONEY 2011: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data,” a report that examines the extent to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=794&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking Out! We reject cuts to our children&#8217;s future!</title>
		<link>http://acpp.info/2011/03/03/speaking-out-we-reject-cuts-to-our-childrens-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress is now debating deep cuts to discretionary spending, where most child services draw their funding. While Congress may think of this spending as &#8220;discretionary,&#8221; we think that child care, early education, nutrition, and other nurturing is mandatory for every child in America. Among the proposed cuts is a $1 billion slash to Head Start, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=acpp.info&amp;blog=5540906&amp;post=785&amp;subd=acppboard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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