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Willow project will reduce state oil tax income by $1 billion to $1.6 billion over a decade, reports say

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This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. From the Anchorage Daily News Monday after action by the Biden administration approving the Willow oil project by ConocoPhillips to be built on the North Slope: “Alaska’s congressional delegation said during a...
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Q&A With East Anchorage Assembly Candidate Karen Bronga

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In early March, we talked with East Anchorage Assembly candidate Karen Bronga to learn about what motivated her to run for Assembly, and what she would focus on if elected. The following interview has been edited for brevity and...
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Sen. Dan Sullivan says the oil companies never get the thanks they deserve

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This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. A year ago, Sen. Dan Sullivan took his role as a nationalistic cheerleader for the fossil fuel industry literally by calling for a round of applause for the industry at an industry...
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AHD Employee Reports Misogynistic Work Environment

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The latest report of misogynistic and unethical workplace conditions under Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson was leveled Tuesday night by Anchorage Health Department employee Andrea Nester. During an Assembly meeting, Nester testified on a resolution to recognize March as Women’s History...
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Sen. Dan Sullivan won’t say whether he would support Trump if the former president is indicted

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This article was published with permission from dermotcole.com. In the infamous Pebble tapes from 2020, the chief executive of the proposed mine portrayed Sen. Dan Sullivan as someone who is “gonna try to ride out the election and remain quiet.” Tom...
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State changed its bridge replacement plans to accommodate Kinross mine plan

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This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. The Dunleavy administration hadn’t planned to move ahead this soon with the replacement of five major bridges between Tetlin and the Fort Knox mine until the Kinross plan to use the highways...
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Meet the 2023 Candidates for Anchorage Assembly

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DISTRICT 1 (North Anchorage) Redistricting Changes  North Anchorage gained parts of Russian Jack, Wonder Park, Ptarmigan, Fireweed, and Spenard (see article). Assemblyman Christopher Constant Chris Constant, Vice-Chair of the Assembly, is running for his third and final term. Constant first won his seat...
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Bronson Administration Looks to Settle with Hickel Contracting for $2.5 million

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Roger Hickel Contracting has made a claim against the Municipality of Anchorage to collect the money it’s owed for work done on the Tudor Navigation Center. Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration on Friday told the Anchorage Assembly it intends to...
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Dustin Darden, A Perennial Candidate, Could Play Spoiler in West Anchorage

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If you’ve cast a ballot for an Anchorage municipal election in the last decade or attended an Anchorage Assembly meeting, you likely recognize the name Dustin Darden.  Darden is a city maintenance worker and carpenter by trade, but is most...
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State secretly invested in Three Bears grocery chain, electric cargo ships, seaweed and more through Permanent Fund

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This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. A year ago the news broke that an investment firm called Westward Partners had purchased the Three Bears grocery chain, which has 20 stores in Alaska and Montana and $300 million in...
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