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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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Sullivan support group claims $1 trillion cut strengthens Medicaid

Federal Government Dermot Cole -
This story was originally published by Dermot Cole, Reporting from Alaska. Sen. Dan Sullivan voted last summer for the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cuts Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion over a decade and provides $1 trillion in tax benefits...
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Sunday’s your last chance to register to vote in Anchorage’s 2026 election

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Anchorage’s municipal election is scheduled for April 7, making the final day to register to vote or update your registration this Sunday, March 8.
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As legislators raise alarm over feds getting private voter information, Dunleavy officials say they’d do it again

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
The U.S. Department of Justice was given unprecedented access to Alaskan voters’ private information.
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Celebrate Women’s History Month by Voting for Strong Women

Anchorage Opinion, The Alaska Current -
March is Women’s History Month, and in Anchorage, the best way to celebrate is by taking action and voting for four strong women on the Anchorage municipal ballot by April 7
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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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Online age verification could be coming to Alaska, piggybacking on anti-CSAM bill

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
But the bill does a whole lot more than that in the name of childrens’ safety.
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The health ‘transformation’ fund touted by Republicans isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
At his annual address to lawmakers last week, Sullivan touted the Rural Health Transformation Fund as a landmark achievement.
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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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‘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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