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James Brooks, Alaska Beacon

James Brooks, Alaska Beacon
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James Brooks is a longtime Alaska reporter, having previously worked at the Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire, Kodiak Mirror and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. A graduate of Virginia Tech, he is married to Caitlyn Ellis, owns a house in Juneau and has a small sled dog named Barley.
News

As winter approaches, Southcentral Alaska utilities are worried about running short of gas

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After a cold spring, they’re planning for a worst-case scenario next winter and doing their best to avoid it.
News

Alaska Legislature opens third gasline special session with no fanfare and even less optimism

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Gov. Dunleavy says he’s negotiating in private on possible new legislation, but lawmakers had nothing to work on Monday as the session began.
News

Hilcorp killed Alaska LNG bill, some legislators say, but governor calls the claim ‘bulls**t’

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Behind the scenes of a climactic day in the Alaska Legislature for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.
News

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy sets state record for most vetoes in a single Legislature

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Eight other bills await a final decision, plus the possibility of a multibillion-dollar tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.
News

Confidential document guided Alaska senators working on natural gas pipeline tax break

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A secret agreement provides the most detailed insight yet into one of the world’s largest prospective natural gas projects.
Elections

Anchorage Republican spending lots of his own money in governor’s race, early campaign records show

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An Anchorage doctor and his wife have put almost $1.3 million of their own money into his campaign for Alaska governor, an extraordinary act...
Federal Government

Alaska’s ferry system could run out of funding this summer due to ‘federal chaos problem’

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A shift in state funding could help, but a big gap likely remains unless a key federal grant is issued.
Federal Government

‘Our government is out of control,’ Alaska legislator says, calling for end to state aid for ICE

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Chairs of state military committee ask questions about unconfirmed deployment of U.S. soldiers from Anchorage to Minnesota.
Courts

Dunleavy administration asks US Supreme Court to decide the future of subsistence fishing in Alaska

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After losing an appeal, the state is asking the high justices to decide a decades-old dispute over Alaska fishing rights.
Federal Government

Murkowski, Sullivan vote with Republicans against measure seeking release of Epstein files

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In the U.S. House, Rep. Nick Begich III has not signed a petition that would force a vote on the issue.
Courts

In high-stakes U.S. House lawsuit, Alaska Supreme Court split on the definition of ‘fifth’

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The decision means Alaskans would almost always be presented with four options in the November general election for statewide races.
Federal Government

On budget vote, Murkowski says she was ‘hung out to dry’ and stuck between two bad options

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Alaska’s senior U.S. senator said the state fares better under Republicans’ budget plan because of her efforts to soften the fiscal blow.
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