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AKLNG’s proposed gas contract highlights the project’s underlying challenge: There just aren’t that many Alaskans

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
The AKLNG special session continued this week, giving more clarity on what will be an undeniably difficult project, no matter the subsidy lawmakers ultimately approve.
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Matt Buxton’s definitive way-too-early tier list of Alaska’s candidates for governor

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The filing period for Alaska’s statewide races closed on Monday, setting up an expansive, 17-candidate field for the state’s next governor.
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Risk-averse legislators dismiss the AKLNG ‘razzle dazzle’ to drill down on the giga-project’s details

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
The biggest takeaway from the first full week of hearings on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed multi-billion-dollar, multi-decade subsidy for the natural gas pipeline project is that the state sure is lucky that lawmakers’ efforts to rush the bill through didn’t pan out.
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Trump’s war triggers extraordinary GVEA price hike, $46 a month

Commentary Dermot Cole -
The average residential member of the Golden Valley Electric Association will see a $46 monthly increase in electric bills next month.
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AI comes to Alaska

Cartoon Holly Todd -
Some Alaska officials are pushing to turn the state into a hub for AI data centers.
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Dunleavy’s latest vetoes are a reminder that a lot will have to wait for a new governor

Opinion Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska’s 2026 regular legislative session came to a largely smooth ending last week.
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The invisible weight of the room: Grief, governance and the labor of belonging

Opinion Victoria Petersen -
I stepped into the Alaska State Capitol this January in a season of quiet transformation.
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Following bruising last-minute push for AKLNG subsidy, legislators slow it down for the special session

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
Lawmakers adjourned the regular session on Wednesday in a largely uneventful final day, at least compared to the mayhem of Monday's attempt to force through a multibillion-dollar subsidy in the form of state and local tax cuts.
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Sullivan asks small campaign donors to help pay his Golden Age gasoline bills

Commentary Dermot Cole -
Sen. Dan Sullivan says he needs help from donors who can chip in $3, $5 or $10 to help pay his campaign gas bills.
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‘We’re trying.’ Legislators warn AKLNG project may be too large a lift for session’s final days

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
On Monday, the Alaska Legislature appointed the conference committee on the operating budget, kicking off the 24-hour period that allows meetings to be noticed a day in advance and starting the final mad dash to adjournment on May 20.
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