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Hearings in Juneau on the possible impeachment of Alaska Gov. Bill Sheffield have been postponed a week to allow lawmakers and their attorney time to plow through thousands of pages of evidence, state Senate leaders said. Lawmakers are to decide whether to impeach Sheffield, a first-term Democrat, on charges that he improperly influenced the awarding of a $9.1-million lease for state office space in Fairbanks.
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