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Senate approves bill protecting children from identity theft
The Alaska Senate has given unanimous approval to a bill that allows parents to request a credit freeze…
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From ANWR to Access, Sullivan covers the issues in Juneau visit
In his annual address to the Alaska Legislature, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan harkened back to memories of Ted…
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Juneau speaks its mind on the budget
To talk about a budget affecting every Alaskan, 53 Juneauites walked up to a microphone and shared their…
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In Juneau, Super Tuesday lives up to the adjective
Sometime about 4:30 p.m., a man walked through the parking-lot doors of Centennial Hall and uttered a single…
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In Alaska’s smallest city, big expectations for Super Tuesday
Rich Thorne remembers close elections. In 1998, Carl Morgan beat Irene Nicholia by all of six votes in…
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State: Half of pot applications contain errors
Alaska’s new commercial marijuana program has gotten off to a roaring start, with more than 100 applicants since…
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Prisons, Troopers go under budget knife
The Alaska House closed out the first stage of its budget work on Friday as the subcommittee in…
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State’s medical bill rises, with the feds picking up the tab
A subcommittee of the Alaska House of Representatives is recommending a bigger budget for health services next year,…
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Legislature takes big bite out of marketing for fish and folks
A subcommittee of the Alaska House is recommending big cuts to the budgets of the Alaska Seafood Marketing…
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Lawmakers nix funding for public corruption investigators
Members of the House subcommittee that sets the budget for the Alaska Department of Law have turned down…
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Senate adds hurdle for rural pot businesses
The Alaska Senate voted 18-2 on Wednesday to force communities outside incorporated cities to “opt in” if they…
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The few, the loud, the Marines
What the audience at Monday night’s Veterans Affairs town hall lacked in numbers, it made up for in…
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In House, department budgets move toward completion
It was a rough day for Rep. Lora Reinbold. On Tuesday, as finance subcommittees in the Alaska House…
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Air traffic controller turns to guiding Internet
In his day job, Ryan Durbin guides airplanes over Anchorage. Now, his frustration with Alaska Internet access has…
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Challenger team to make second try
It’s not easy to raise the dead. The men and women raising the 96-foot tugboat Challenger found that…
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Head of UAS mine-training program opposes tax hike
Miners opposed to a proposal by Gov. Bill Walker to raise taxes on the state’s top-producing mines got…
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In capital stop, Murkowski speaks on Juneau, national issues
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has had a busy week. On Monday, she was leading a field hearing of the…
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In address to Legislature, Murkowski stresses ‘certainty’
Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator didn’t offer her advice on solving the state’s fiscal problems. Speaking to a joint…
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Alaskan, other breweries speak against tax increase
The state’s largest and oldest active brewery doesn’t typically take political positions, but on Tuesday night, one of…
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Tobacco tax hike gets first hearing in Senate
A proposal to make Alaska’s tobacco taxes the fifth-highest in the United States met a mixed reception from…