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Dunleavy wants Alaska schools to promote resource development in classroom

News Dermot Cole -
This story was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. An industry group called “Alaska Resource Education” has long been creating materials for Alaska schools to promote the virtues of oil and gas, mining and forestry development. The materials on its website have...
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Salmon Skin Earrings and Seal Intestine Jewelry: Indigenous Artists Make Their Mark on Social Media

Arts and Culture Sam Davenport -
When Erika Tripp’s most recent collection of earrings, zipper pulls and bolo ties go live on Instagram, she posts each item, one at a time: Oftentimes, the entire lot sells out in minutes to buyers across the country. Tripp sells...
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Mark Anthony Cox Ads Removed from People Mover Buses After Complaint

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Anchorage School Board candidate Mark Anthony Cox’s face made its way around town, emblazoned on the back of People Mover buses.  The ads quickly drew complaints and the city removed them over the weekend.  While the ads were technically for his...
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Legislature needs to confront the corrupt process of the salary sham, instead of making excuses

News Dermot Cole -
This article was republished from dermotcole.com with permission.  If you haven’t done so already, please listen to the March 15 meeting of the new Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission, the meeting that followed the coup engineered by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. It...
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More Than 7,000 Ballots Received So Far in Muni Election

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This visualization is provided to The Alaska Current through a partnership with Talk Data To Me and the 907 Policy Project.  With voting already under way in the April 4 vote-by-mail Municipality of Anchorage election, 7,114 ballots had been received...
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Bronson Administration Seeks $1.5M Contract Due to Employee Shortage

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Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is again asking to privatize work usually done by municipal employees because the city’s offered wages have not kept up with inflation, resulting in a worker shortage. The move to privatized labor amounts to a...
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AG Tregarrick Taylor and his political opinions

News Dermot Cole -
This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. Tregarrick Taylor, the third attorney general under Gov. Mike Dunleavy, disputes the notion that anything he does from his state perch is motivated by personal opinion or interpretation. “I don’t get to provide...
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East Anchorage Assembly Candidate Spencer Moore’s Deep Ties to Anchorage Baptist Temple/Mountain City Church

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East Anchorage Assembly candidate Spencer Moore is heavily connected to Mountain City Church, formerly called the Anchorage Baptist Temple, though much of his campaign material doesn’t mention the affiliation. Moore works for the church full time as its outreach coordinator....
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Mayor Dave Bronson Threatens to Defund Federation of Community Councils

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Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is looking to defund the Federation of Community Councils, citing the federation manager’s opposition to the proposed Holtan Hills housing development as overly political. The Girdwood development, which was voted down by the Anchorage Assembly last...
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Q&A with West Anchorage Assembly Candidate Anna Brawley

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In early March, we talked with West Anchorage Assembly candidate Anna Brawley to learn about what motivated her to run for Assembly, and what she would focus on if elected. Brawley is a city planner and senior associate at...
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