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AKLNG bill advances out of the House, highlighting state’s geographic divide

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
The AKLNG subsidy bill advanced out of the House on Friday on a 35 to 4 vote.
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Alaska attorney general among those urging EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant

Environment Alaska Beacon -
Republican attorneys general from 14 states and 19 GOP members of Congress are asking to classify and regulate the abortion medication mifepristone as a water contaminant.
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AKLNG bill advances without the option for local governments to cut their own deals

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
With a little more than a week remaining in Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy's special session, the gasline subsidy bill is nearing a vote in the House.
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Pressing Silence: Evon Zerbetz

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
On one end of her home studio a giant, three-dimensional steel form stands tall, adorned with butterflies of different colors, dimensions, and designs.
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AKLNG’s proposed gas contract highlights the project’s underlying challenge: There just aren’t that many Alaskans

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
The AKLNG special session continued this week, giving more clarity on what will be an undeniably difficult project, no matter the subsidy lawmakers ultimately approve.
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‘You’d be crying at the pump’: This Alaska village’s gas was $8.44 — before the Iran war

Economy Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
Gas and heating fuel prices in rural Alaska were already high. An impending spike from the Iran war could "wipe out" communities.
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Pressing Silence: Haines is for the misfits

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
A Sitka native and current Haines resident, Baylee Pearson spent the last 10 years between the two locales taking inspiration from the lands she’s spent a lifetime on.
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Reinbold loses bid to revive lawsuit against Alaska Airlines over flight ban

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
In an order issued in late May, the district denied a motion from Lora Reinbold to revive a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines.
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Risk-averse legislators dismiss the AKLNG ‘razzle dazzle’ to drill down on the giga-project’s details

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
The biggest takeaway from the first full week of hearings on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed multi-billion-dollar, multi-decade subsidy for the natural gas pipeline project is that the state sure is lucky that lawmakers’ efforts to rush the bill through didn’t pan out.
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Where We’re Anchored: May

Anchorage Victoria Petersen -
The theme for May is nurture, so I typed, “what does it mean to be nurtured?” into Google’s search bar and hit “enter."
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