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‘Are we about to see more children detained?’ Legislators probe ICE detention and deportation of Soldotna kindergartener

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Legislators this week are trying to get answers on ICE’s shocking arrest and deportation of a 5-year-old kindergartener, his mother and two siblings.
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Anchorage Republican spending lots of his own money in governor’s race, early campaign records show

Elections James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
An Anchorage doctor and his wife have put almost $1.3 million of their own money into his campaign for Alaska governor, an extraordinary act that puts him atop early fundraising totals in figures published this week by the Alaska...
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Arrested Alaska Republican legislative staffer was a ‘compulsive child exploitation offender,’ feds warn, as they look for more victims

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
There are few things in Alaska politics that can be truly shocking, but the arrest Friday of now-former legislative staffer Craig Scott Valdez for heinous sex crimes against children is one of them.
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Legislators take another shot to help state’s ailing boarding school despite Dunleavy’s opposition

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Senate gave another shot at legislation aimed at smoothing out the maintenance needs at the state-run boarding school, Mount Edgecumbe High School.
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Sullivan takes umbrage when Dunbar asks if he would ever say no to Trump

Commentary Dermot Cole -
Sen. Forrest Dunbar again asked Sen. Dan Sullivan a good question, one of the six questions allowed before the legislative discussion was cut off.
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Sullivan says ICE has his ‘full support’ after Soldotna kindergartener and family snatched by officers

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan told legislators that he wasn't aware that ICE officers this week detained a 5-year-old Soldotna kindergartener, two teenage siblings and their mother during his annual address today, but he affirmed his broad support of...
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Cascade Point Ferry Terminal raises concerns among Southeast residents

Environment Rachel Levy -
The public comment period regarding Phase 1 of the Cascade Point Ferry Terminal project closed last month and left many Southeast Alaskans frustrated. 
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Dunleavy’s sales tax proposal flops with legislators, local governments and Alaskans

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
There were a series of hearings the House Finance Committee held on Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s omnibus tax bill on Thursday.
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Alaska’s public sector pay isn’t competitive and Gov. Dunleavy is in no hurry to change that

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
If you’ve been wondering when the state is going to finally implement the results of last year’s long-overdue salary study, you’re not alone.
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Sound off: Tell legislators what you think about the governor’s sales tax plan

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
A week after Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced his omnibus fiscal bill, Alaskans will have an opportunity to let lawmakers know what they think of the tax plan.  
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