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AIDEA discovers reasons to keep $268,000 study secret

Dermot Cole - 0
It was three weeks ago that Randy Ruaro told legislators that he knew of “no reason” why he would continue to keep a $250,000 state-funded study of AIDEA secret.
Elections

‘Delicate balance’ election bill clears the House, on track to pass the Legislature

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The Alaska House on Monday passed a long-awaited elections reform bill described as a "delicate balance" of progressive and conservative priorities.
Economy

Legislators consider cutting pot taxes, but the industry is split on move to sales tax

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
One of the long-running legislative goals of Alaska’s recreational marijuana industry is to graduate from the original tax structure from 2014.
Politics

With volatile oil prices, Alaska Republicans bet on the upside

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
Trump’s war with Iran will probably drive up Alaska’s oil prices by just enough.
Oil & Gas

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

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
Alaska U.S. Republican Rep. Nick Begich’s annual address to the Alaska Legislature this week included an unusually direct order to legislators.
Commentary

Spiking prices are a reminder Alaska really needs to get off the oil roller coaster

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
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...
Politics

As legislators raise alarm over feds getting private voter information, Dunleavy officials say they’d do it again

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The U.S. Department of Justice was given unprecedented access to Alaskan voters’ private information.
Commentary

The secret life of Sen. Dan Sullivan

Victoria Petersen - 0
Sen. Dan Sullivan doesn’t like being portrayed as a weak-kneed politician.
News

Online age verification could be coming to Alaska, piggybacking on anti-CSAM bill

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
But the bill does a whole lot more than that in the name of childrens’ safety.
Federal Government

The health ‘transformation’ fund touted by Republicans isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
At his annual address to lawmakers last week, Sullivan touted the Rural Health Transformation Fund as a landmark achievement.
News

‘Are we about to see more children detained?’ Legislators probe ICE detention and deportation of Soldotna kindergartener

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
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.
News

Arrested Alaska Republican legislative staffer was a ‘compulsive child exploitation offender,’ feds warn, as they look for more victims

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
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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