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The White House upped the cost of H-1B visas. Alaska schools could face major consequences.

Federal Government Victoria Petersen -
President Donald Trump announced plans to increase the cost of some types of work visas. It’s the latest move to tighten national immigration policy, and encourage domestic hiring, but more clarity is needed.
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Dunleavy vetoes bill that would have funded K-12 reading and jobs programs

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued his ninth veto of the 2025-2026 Legislature, blocking a bipartisan bill that would have extended corporate income taxes to online businesses to fund reading and job-training programs at public schools. Senate Bill 113,...
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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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Alaska GOP Rep. Vance threatens boycott of Homer News over Charlie Kirk coverage

Local news Matt Acuña Buxton -
This story has been updated to more accurately reflect Kirk's quote on how Black women like U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson "do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously.” Extreme-right Republican Rep. Sarah Vance this...
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More than 25,000 Alaskans will see health insurance costs skyrocket under Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
Many of the most disastrous elements of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill were designed to kick in only after the 2026 elections, sparing Republicans like Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich from facing the full impact...
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Treg Taylor still has to disclose his business connections, campaign regulators find

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Public Offices Commission isn’t letting former Attorney General Treg Taylor skirt the state’s financial disclosure rules as he enters the race for governor. At least for now.   The commission issued an order last week that allows Taylor to...
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Alaskans rally as Tongass protections face another rollback

Environment Rachel Levy -
“It's like walking into one of the most beautiful cathedrals you'll ever see in the world.” That’s how President Joel Jackson of the Organized Village of Kake described the Tongass National Forest at last week’s Roadless Rally in Juneau. But...
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The Alaska Governor’s Race Power Rankings: Tregnancy Announcement

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
And then there were… 11.
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Dunleavy administration asks US Supreme Court to decide the future of subsistence fishing in Alaska

Courts James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
After losing an appeal, the state is asking the high justices to decide a decades-old dispute over Alaska fishing rights.
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Murkowski, Sullivan vote with Republicans against measure seeking release of Epstein files

Federal Government James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
In the U.S. House, Rep. Nick Begich III has not signed a petition that would force a vote on the issue.
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