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Alaska Permanent Fund board backs off high-risk investment plan as analysts warn it’s a ‘uniquely bad time’

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The Alaska Permanent Fund’s Board of Trustees appears to have backed away from a plan aimed at rapidly boosting the fund’s value to $100...
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Dunleavy doesn’t want you to read this report on teacher pay

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In a stunning move, even by his standards, the administration of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy killed a report by state economists that showed Alaska’s...
The Midnight Sun

Dunleavy will have near free rein in filling vacant House seat

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On Tuesday, North Slope independent Rep. Josiah Aullaqsruaq Patkotak resigned his seat in the Alaska Legislature after handily winning his race for mayor of...
The Midnight Sun

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...
The Midnight Sun

‘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...
The Midnight Sun

Initiatives raising the minimum wage, restoring campaign contribution limits can move forward

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Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom on Friday gave two proposed initiatives the OK to begin gathering signatures for the 2024 election and rejected another. The...
The Midnight Sun

Dunleavy asks for U.S. Supreme Court help after losing fight with public unions

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy has once again asked the U.S. Supreme Court for special treatment. In a news release on Wednesday, the Dunleavy administration announced it's...
The Midnight Sun

The Ben Carson visit is pure manufactured outrage

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If you haven't been on Alaska's right-wing political blogs lately, you'll have likely missed out on what's becoming the most significant, darkest political controversy...
The Midnight Sun

Abortion pill stays legal as Dunleavy-backed lawsuit seeking to take it off the market continues

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The abortion drug mifepristone can remain on the market, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday, at least until the far-right U.S. Supreme Court...
The Midnight Sun

Rep. Eastman attorney, John Eastman, indicted on 9 counts in Georgia election probe

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John Eastman, the former Trump legal counsel who played a central role in the eligibility trial against Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman (no relation)...
The Midnight Sun

Despite warnings, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation pushes forward with Anchorage office

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When the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation's Board of Trustees met last month, former state Sen. Gene Therriault offered a stark warning about the board's...
The Midnight Sun

A Trump co-conspirator played key role in keeping right-wing Alaska legislator in office

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Last week’s indictment of President Donald Trump for his efforts to stay in office after losing the 2020 election referenced six unindicted co-conspirators who...
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