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Sean Cockerham
Sean Cockerham writes about Alaska state politics. He's worked for the ADN in Anchorage and Juneau, covered the legislature for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and covered Washington state politics for the Tacoma News Tribune. E-mail Sean at scockerham@adn.com
Kyle Hopkins
Kyle Hopkins covers rural affairs, general assignments and politics for the ADN. He covered the 2006 campaign for governor, has blogged extensively about Alaska politics, covered Anchorage city government and was a reporter based in the Mat-Su. He grew up in Southeast Alaska and previously wrote for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and Anchorage Press. E-mail Kyle at khopkins@adn.com and also find him on our rural Alaska blog, The Village.
David Hulen
David Hulen, the ADN's state and local news editor, is responsible for political coverage. He has been an editor and reporter at the ADN for more than 20 years. E-mail David at dhulen@adn.com
When the FBI raided state legislature offices in Aug. 2006, it publicly launched an investigation that ultimately reached the highest levels of Alaska politics, and continues to this day.
Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, took to the floor of the House of Representatives for the second time this week to decry the health care bill he'll vote "no" on this Sunday.
Top House Democrats spent all week scrambling to put together the necessary 216 votes, and throughout the day on Friday, trumpeted the decisions of their no-to-yes fence-sitting colleagues who announced they would support the legislation. The main vote comes Sunday, when the House is expected to vote on a rule governing debate. The rule says that the health care legislation the Senate passed Dec. 24 is "deemed" passed by the House upon adoption of the rule. If the House approves the rule, it’ll next vote on the changes to that Senate bill, which were unveiled Thursday as part of a so-called "reconciliation" package.
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