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Shocker! The wage report Dunleavy delayed shows most state employees are underpaid

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
The report finds that more than half of state employees are paid below what has long been considered competitive under state policy.
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Murkowski calls for reversal of cuts to critical low-income energy program, Sullivan doesn’t

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is calling out the Trump administration for its haphazard cuts to a critical program that thousands of Alaskans rely on.
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Alaska legislators look to savings account for deficit fix

Economy James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
Members of the Alaska Legislature said this week that they’re likely to use the state’s Constitutional Budget Reserve to fix a roughly $173 million budget deficit for the 12 months that end June 30.
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Alaska Senate leaders take aim at oil taxes to cover looming deficit

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
Despite the growing push for higher public school funding, the state's gloomy financial outlook has cast doubts on just how much is actually possible. That could be changing. The Senate's bipartisan majority rolled out a pair of new revenue...
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Alaska state workers rally at the Capitol, calling for salary transparency and pension plan

Economy Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon -
The Alaska State Employees Association filed a lawsuit this week seeking to compel the release of a statewide salary study, which they say is essential to union wages and a stable retirement.
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AIDEA nows says it doesn’t need $50 million for gas line study

Commentary Dermot Cole -
Juneau Sen. Jesse Kiehl said something not long ago about how the job of a legislator is often to say no.
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Alaska Senate votes unanimously to reject automatic pay raises for themselves, governor and top political appointees

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
The first three weeks of Alaska’s legislative session have painted a grim picture of state spending.
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After Biden signed Social Security changes, Alaska’s delegation is pleading with Trump to actually implement it

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
One of the final bills former President Joe Biden signed while in office was a long-awaited fix to boost the Social Security benefits of 15,000 public sector workers in Alaska.
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The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets

Economy Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more profitable. But over the last 50 years, it has hollowed out many Indigenous coastal villages where residents no longer can earn a living by harvesting salmon.
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Legislators take another run at lowering marijuana taxes

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
It’s been ten years since Alaska voters legalized recreational marijuana, but businesses say they have little to celebrate under the strain of a tax system.
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