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Top Southeast StoryFrench: Panel to 'Contain' Campaign Court DecisionState Sen. Hollis French says his Judiciary Committee will craft a bill "to contain" the effects of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring corporations' spending on political messages protected free speech. Read more » More Southeast StoriesJuneau Mayor Pushing for Arctic GamesJuneau Mayor Bruce Botelho says his city would be a great place for the 2014 Arctic Winter Games. Botelho is holding a meeting this Thursday at Juneau's Assembly Chambers to start planning a bid. He says the city has a variety of good venues for the games, which are being held this year in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Read more » Juneau Searching For Snow Storage SiteJuneau needs a new place to store its plowed snow. The city has been storing it in a tour bus parking lot at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, but a U.S. Forest Service plan to pave the lot threw city officials into a panic this fall. City Manager Rod Swope ended up getting permission to use the lot this winter, but the city faces a lack of storage space next year. Read more » Chambers Supports Road Extension to MineThe state Chamber of Commerce is supporting a 13-mile extension of the road to the Kensington Mine. Juneau Chamber CEO Cathie Roemmich says the state already has funding in place to construct that portion of the Glacier Highway. But Ruben Yost, the Juneau Access Project Manager for State DOT, says that corridor is blocked right now by court litigation. Read more » Southeast Headlines
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