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Opinion: Why is this our only solution to helping evacuees from Typhoon Halong?

Commentary Opinion, The Alaska Current -
Last week, a fall storm hit the Western coast of Alaska, its focal point hitting the communities of the Seward Peninsula and Kotzebue Sound.
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Clean Water Town Hall calls for HFO ban

Commentary Rachel Levy -
This week, Juneau answered its last cruise ship port call of the season.
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Sullivan parrots GOP lie that Democrats want Medicaid for ‘illegals’

Commentary Dermot Cole -
Sen. Dan Sullivan is repeating the Republican lie that Senate Democrats want “Medicaid for illegals” in the United States.
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‘Not buying it’

Cartoon Holly Todd -
After skipping public town halls during the August recess, Alaska’s GOP delegation is back with the same old sales job.
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Many cruise ships emit super pollutants despite clean fuel alternatives

Commentary Rachel Levy -
On average, each generator on these cruise ships emits the equivalent of an Olympic-sized swimming pool’s worth of acid every hour
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Dunleavy’s humiliating special session drags on because why not

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
A handful of legislators met for a brief, barebones session in Juneau on Tuesday, keeping the special session Gov. Mike Dunleavy called earlier this month open and thereby blocking him from calling another. The technical sessions marked a perfunctory step...
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The Alaska Governor’s Race Power Rankings: A Begich Appears

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
This is not a drill. A Begich has joined the race for Alaska’s next governor. I repeat, a Begich has joined the race for governor. The race for governor grew to nine on Monday with the entrance of the first...
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The Alaska Governor’s Race Power Rankings: Magic Eight Ball

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
The race for Alaska’s next governor grew to eight this week.
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A definitive look at the best places for Trump to host Putin during their trip to Alaska

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a personal appearance in the state with his very good friend, Vladimir Putin, this Friday,
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Legislators’ pair of veto overrides was a truly remarkable rebuke of Dunleavy

Opinion Matt Acuña Buxton -
Originally published on akmemo.com. With no votes to spare, the Alaska Legislature this weekend voted to override the governor's landmark veto of the state's baseline education funding levels, marking the first time in nearly four decades that legislators have met...
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