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State clamps down on hemp-derived THC after outcry from pot industry

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The Alaska marijuana industry’s frustration and anger with intoxicating hemp-derived THC edibles has boiled over several times over the past year, making for tense meetings with state regulators as businesses pleaded for help with the largely unregulated competition. The industry...
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School athletics association set to implement state’s anti-trans rule

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The Alaska School Activities Association, the nonprofit that oversees high school sports, is set to move ahead with bylaw changes limiting the participation of trans girls in sports at its meeting next week. ASAA Director Billy Strickland told The Alaska...
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Two dozen legislators join the fight against Kroger-Albertsons merger

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This week, more than a third of the Alaska Legislature joined Alaska’s Congressional Delegation in opposing the Kroger-Albertsons grocery store merger, arguing that it would make life in Alaska much more difficult. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission,...
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Fairbanks Borough voters send far-right incumbents packing

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It was a lousy night for far-right candidates in the Fairbanks North Star Borough’s Tuesday election. According to nearly complete results, progressive candidates appear to have pulled off a clean sweep of the three Borough Assembly seats, flipped two Borough...
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Fairbanks Borough Assembly’s right-wing majority hangs in the balance

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It’s local election day for several municipalities around the state, including the Golden Heart City, where the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly’s 5-member conservative majority could be sent packing. Three of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly’s nine seats are...
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Anchorage city commissioner indicted for stealing $1.6 million in COVID-19 funds

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Federal prosecutors announced on Wednesday that a federal grand jury indicted an Anchorage city commissioner and her husband for setting up a complex scheme of businesses to funnel $1.6 million in COVID-19 recovery funds administered by the city into...
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Planned Parenthood endorses LaFrance, joining a growing list of backers

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The endorsements keep rolling in for Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance, who added Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates to a growing list of big-name backers today. In a prepared statement announcing the endorsement, Alaska State Director Rose O’Hara-Jolley said the former...
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LaFrance adds another endorsement from The Alaska Center

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Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance notched another significant endorsement today with the announcement that The Alaska Center, a nonprofit advocacy group, is backing her heading into next year's election. In a prepared statement accompanying the announcement, Political Director Jenny-Marie Stryker...
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U.S. Senate moves forward with key military nominations after patience runs out for hold backed by Sullivan

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The U.S. Senate today took steps to advance the nomination of Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, skirting a long-running blockade by Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville that was supported by...
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‘Wildly uncompetitive.’ Pot cultivators push the rules under tax strain

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Alaska’s annual marijuana tax revenue is set to drop for the first time since legalization, according to reports covering the last fiscal year, even though the total amount of marijuana sold continues to grow. Growers produced nearly 3,000 pounds more...
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