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Alaska Gov. Dunleavy vetoes election bill amid pressure campaign driven by GOP anxiety over rural voters

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy today vetoed the bipartisan elections bill legislators approved in March amid an intense conservative pressure campaign driven by fear that it would empower Alaska Native voters.
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Under pressure to boost AKLNG project, legislators get mixed messages beyond ‘less taxes’

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
With less than a year left in his term, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has set his sights on the latest in a long line of attempts to advance an 800-mile natural gas pipeline.
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Former Alaska legislator tries to revive lawsuit against airline for pandemic-era banning  

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Social distancing, masking and her ban from flying on Alaska Airlines may all be over, but former Alaska state legislator Lora Reinbold is still fighting what she feels is the good fight.
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Dunleavy’s pick for police standards council questions Holocaust history at confirmation hearing

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has put forward a litany of head-turning appointments to serve in his administration and fill state commissions and boards — including a woman who practices “regenerative medicine” to the state medical board. But his...
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Lawmakers look to culturally rooted programs to break the cycle of incarceration of Alaska Natives

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska Natives make up less than 20% of the state’s population, but account for more than 40% of the state’s prison population — a trend that has worsened in recent years. It’s an issue that has come into sharp focus...
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Alaska House votes to ban Styrofoam food containers as most Republicans flip their lid

Environment Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska House on Tuesday voted to ban single-use polystyrene plastic, often known under the brand name of Styrofoam, in the state’s food service industry, and along the way, a bunch of Republicans collectively lost their minds. Backers of the...
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Alaska’s embattled economic development agency approves $700,000 PR budget

Economy Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
Amid continuing opposition to its oil drilling and road projects, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority says the public should know about its less controversial small business loan programs.
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Extreme-right Republican takes nasty friendly fire over support for bipartisan election bill

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
If you’ve followed the legislative career of extreme-right Homer Republican Sarah Vance there’s not much that comes across as progressive.
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Lawmakers pitch shipping inmates Outside — a practice that once helped gangs establish footholds in Alaska

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska once sent as many as a third of its inmates to private Outside prisons, and it may do so again.
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House approves key social spending boosts in operating budget as Republicans cry foul

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska House approved its version of the state operating budget on Monday.
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