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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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Legislators nix online age checks for social media, citing First Amendment concerns

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The online age-verification provisions that the Alaska House approved earlier this legislative session to limit social media use by minors are no more.
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House Republicans try — and fail — to delete $158 million in public school funding

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska House Republicans threw their weight behind an attempt to slash $158 million in additional public school funding, but ultimately came up short.
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Legislators advance bill to trim state’s marijuana taxes

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
A significant cut to the state’s marijuana taxes is another step closer to becoming a reality.
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Proposed Alaska constitutional amendment would clear the way for school-focused taxes

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
Lawmakers hope that changing the Alaska Constitution might be the key to sparing the state's ailing public school system from the perennial fight over funding.
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