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The long road ahead for victims of Typhoon Halong highlights just how far the state needs to come in its treatment of rural Alaska

Editorial Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Federation of Natives’ annual convention comes at a poignant time for the state.
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Dunleavy claims secrecy for DigitalBridge $50 million deal

Commentary Dermot Cole -
The $50 million limited partnership contract that former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum signed before he quit to run for governor is a secret document, according to the Dunleavy administration.
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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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Cartoon: Government Shutdown

Cartoon Holly Todd -
As the nation hurtles toward another possible government shutdown, Republicans who control all three branches of government are screaming bloody murder at the Democrats. While Democrats are trying to use the vote as an opportunity to blunt some of...
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Opinion: Treg Taylor isn’t getting the best reception his money (or the state’s) can buy

Editorial Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska’s former Attorney General Treg Taylor officially joined the race for governor last week, launching his campaign off a six-plus-month runway filled with profile-raising, state-paid appearances and years of signing onto virtue-signalling lawsuits against Biden. Leaving behind a legacy of...
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OPINION: Downing’s exit from Must Read Alaska was almost noble

Opinion Matt Acuña Buxton -
One of the things that I’ll invariably bring up when talking shop about Alaska’s media landscape over a few too many beers is that for all of the vitriol and hyperventilating partisan outrage that she spread over the decade...
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OPINION: Building Alaska’s future by putting education first

Opinion The Alaska Current -
When I served as a State Senator, the most common visitors to my office were parentsand teachers. Parents expressed concern that their children were falling behind inreading or struggling to keep up. Teachers were frustrated by the lack of...
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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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