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Anchorage police and fire unions back LaFrance for mayor

News Yarrow Silvers -
Suzanne LaFrance adds two notable police and fire endorsements in her campaign for mayor.
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How will marijuana tax changes affect prices at Alaska dispensaries? It depends

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska marijuana industry’s push to update the state’s tax structure is gaining momentum, with most expecting a change to clear the Alaska Legislature next year. But just what a tax change will mean for prices at the dispensary...
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Alaska Permanent Fund board backs off high-risk investment plan as analysts warn it’s a ‘uniquely bad time’

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Permanent Fund’s Board of Trustees appears to have backed away from a plan aimed at rapidly boosting the fund’s value to $100 billion by banking on riskier investments, just days after one trustee hyped the plan to...
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Sullivan asks judge applicants to name their favorite judge

News Dermot Cole -
This article was originally published on dermotcole.com. In Sen. Dan Sullivan’s quest to create a federal judge to his liking, his questionnaire of leading questions stops just short of asking applicants, “Who’s your favorite Alaska senator?” and “What are the...
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Proposed regulations could upend health care access in rural Alaska

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
An overhaul of the regulations governing how physician assistants practice in Alaska has been in the works for several years, but the end result isn’t what most were expecting.
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With little movement on salmon bycatch, Alaska advocates look to Biden administration for executive action

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
This article was republished from Northern Journal. To support Northern Journal, subscribe here. Amid catastrophic shortfalls in salmon harvests in some of Alaska’s rural, Indigenous communities, advocates have pleaded for a crackdown on unintentional catch of those same salmon by the...
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Alaska state-owned corporation intends to spend $7 million in 2024 on Ambler Road

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This article was originally published in the Alaska Beacon. Executives at Alaska’s state-owned development bank say they will advance plans for a 211-mile mining road in Northwest Alaska despite the objections of a landowner in the path of the road. On...
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Dunleavy doesn’t want you to read this report on teacher pay

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
In a stunning move, even by his standards, the administration of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy killed a report by state economists that showed Alaska’s teacher pay isn’t quite what it used to be. According to an op-ed published by Dan...
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Sullivan blames Biden for Alaska drug trafficking epidemic that began years ago

News Dermot Cole -
This article was originally published on dermotcole.com. “Damn it, Mr. President. Do your job,” Sen. Dan Sullivan said in a post on social media Sept. 28. “Secure the border. Damn it, Secretary (Alejandro) Mayorkas. Secure the border. Do your job.” Sullivan...
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Vance hires Arkansas hardliner against abortion, LGBTQ+ rights as staffer

News Yarrow Silvers -
Vance hired Bob Ballinger, who is a former member of the Arkansas house and senate, and lost reelection in 2022. 
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