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Begich the Third joins extremists in ‘Sharia-Free America’ Caucus

Commentary Dermot Cole -
He clearly excels at joining caucuses in Congress. He lists his membership in all of the above on his website except for the Sharia-Free America Caucus.
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AIDEA discovers reasons to keep $268,000 study secret

Commentary Dermot Cole -
It was three weeks ago that Randy Ruaro told legislators that he knew of “no reason” why he would continue to keep a $250,000 state-funded study of AIDEA secret.
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The wrong approach to putting Alaska first

Commentary The Alaska Current -
This commentary was originally published in the Juneau Independent and republished here with permission. There’s a new 15-second ad out that claims “Dan Sullivan always puts Alaska first.” Don’t be fooled. If he hadn’t been putting the interests of President Donald...
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Spiking prices are a reminder Alaska really needs to get off the oil roller coaster

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
This commentary was originally published in AK Memo. After a muted initial reaction to Trump kicking off a war with Iran, oil prices soared to nearly $120 a barrel in early trading on Monday amid fears that it was going...
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The secret life of Sen. Dan Sullivan

Commentary Victoria Petersen -
Sen. Dan Sullivan doesn’t like being portrayed as a weak-kneed politician.
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Sullivan, Begich face reckoning over Trump policies sooner than expected

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
One of the underappreciated elements of the “Polar Payoff” that helped secure the Alaska Delegation’s votes for Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill is that it was aimed at delaying, not stopping, the worst of it from hitting the state.
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Sullivan voted to cut Medicaid by $1 trillion

Commentary Dermot Cole -
“So I think you were the guy,” an irritated Sen. Dan Sullivan said to Sen. Forrest Dunbar Wednesday, “that asked me last year about Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security.”
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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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After facing ‘unnecessary grilling,’ Sullivan returns to Legislature with limit on questions

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
Last year's question-and-answer session between legislators and Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan featured such brutal questions.
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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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