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Big Lake (Dena'ina: K'enaka Bena [2])is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 3,833 at the 2020 census , up from 3,350 in 2010.
Big Lake Airport (IATA: BGQ [2], ICAO: PAGQ [3], FAA LID: BGQ) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) southeast of the central business district of Big Lake, in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
It is the fastest growing subdivision in Alaska. [ 5 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 25,258 square miles (65,420 km 2 ), of which 24,608 square miles (63,730 km 2 ) is land and 650 square miles (1,700 km 2 ) (2.6%) is water.
Mark A. Neuman (born August 12, 1959) was a Republican member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 15th District from 2005 to 2020. [1]He served as the co-chair of the Resources Committee, vice-chair of the Labor & Commerce Committee as well as the Rules Committee, Economic Development, Trade & Tourism Special Committee, the Cook Inlet Salmon Task Force, and the Legislative ...
The 32nd Alaska State Legislature represented the legislative branch of Alaska's state government from January 19, 2021 to January 17, 2023. Its initial 60-person membership was set by the 2020 Alaska elections. [1] The Alaska Senate was led by a 14-member majority that included 13 Republicans and one Democratic member.
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the United States, has three branches of government: the executive, consisting of the Governor of Alaska and the state agencies; the state legislature consisting of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate; and the judiciary consisting of the Supreme court and lower courts.
Since becoming a U.S. state in 1959, Alaska has been entitled to one member in the United States House of Representatives.The representative is elected at-large, because the state has only one congressional district, encompassing its entire territory.