4/30/12 News - State Legislators vote to hire experts to recommend ways to deal with high energy costs; House and Senate leaders to discuss special session in limbo; Alaska Native leaders testify on human rights issues to U.N. official

By Joaqlin Estus

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Anchorage, AK – Senators seek advice on handling high prices they say are crippling families and businesses. Legislators are to discuss the special session left hanging after the Governor withdrew an oil tax reform proposal and the Senate adjourned. Alaska Natives testify to a United Nations Human Rights investigator on losses to food rights; treatment of Alaska Natives by the Justice system; violations of property rights; and conflicts created by climate change.