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‘Exhausting and demoralizing’: How public media in rural Alaska is responding to federal cuts

Federal Government Victoria Petersen -
A Q&A with two longtime Alaska public radio employees.
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Sullivan attacks Democrats for forcing individual votes on Trump nominees

Commentary Dermot Cole -
Sen. Dan Sullivan and other Republicans are whining that mean Democratic senators are forcing them to spend too much time voting on the Senate floor.
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With their vote to defund rural radio, Sullivan and Begich show the folly of electing backbench Republicans

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich joined Republicans in defunding NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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On budget vote, Murkowski says she was ‘hung out to dry’ and stuck between two bad options

Federal Government James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
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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Anchorage schools move ahead with layoffs amid GOP’s ‘slow dismantling of public education’

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska’s public schools have been subjected to a roller coaster of uncertainty.
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Must Read Alaska mistakes one John Williams for another in ‘on-brand’ blunder

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
And just in case you're wondering, no, renowned composer John T. Williams is not running for the U.S. House in Alaska.
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Alaska’s Planned Parenthood clinics get a break from Trump megabill

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
Murkowski negotiated Alaska carve-outs in Trump’s megabill, but failed to secure one for Planned Parenthood access.
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Murkowski didn’t spare Alaska from Trump’s megabill; she just delayed the pain

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called her decisive vote for Trump’s megabill “agonizing.”
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Trump administration freezes millions in grants to Alaska schools

Education Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon -
The withheld grants are aimed at instruction improvements, English language learning, and other areas in schools.
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ICE transfers detainees from Alaska prison, but questions remain around due process and conditions

Federal Government Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon -
Thirty-five men from out of state held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex were transferred back to Washington state, but advocates say their detention raises serious concerns.
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