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U.S. Rep. Nick Begich told legislators to get on board with the LNG pipeline project. They’ve got questions.

Oil & Gas Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska U.S. Republican Rep. Nick Begich’s annual address to the Alaska Legislature this week included an unusually direct order to legislators.
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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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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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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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‘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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Anchorage Republican spending lots of his own money in governor’s race, early campaign records show

Elections James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
An Anchorage doctor and his wife have put almost $1.3 million of their own money into his campaign for Alaska governor, an extraordinary act that puts him atop early fundraising totals in figures published this week by the Alaska...
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Arrested Alaska Republican legislative staffer was a ‘compulsive child exploitation offender,’ feds warn, as they look for more victims

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
There are few things in Alaska politics that can be truly shocking, but the arrest Friday of now-former legislative staffer Craig Scott Valdez for heinous sex crimes against children is one of them.
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Legislators take another shot to help state’s ailing boarding school despite Dunleavy’s opposition

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Senate gave another shot at legislation aimed at smoothing out the maintenance needs at the state-run boarding school, Mount Edgecumbe High School.
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Sullivan takes umbrage when Dunbar asks if he would ever say no to Trump

Commentary Dermot Cole -
Sen. Forrest Dunbar again asked Sen. Dan Sullivan a good question, one of the six questions allowed before the legislative discussion was cut off.
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