Trump puts the spotlight anew on a major Alaska gas project. Will it make a difference?
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Since his election, President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed support for a major natural gas ...
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Juneau lawmaker’s bill to raise purchasing age, impose state tax on e-cigs sees mixed support
At a House Labor and Commerce Committee meeting on Monday, members of the public weighed in on House Bill 49, introduced by ...
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Alaska House majority’s major school funding boost stalls with a Fairbanks legislator’s absence
A working group of legislators and Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s staff is set to meet again Tuesday to try to reach an education deal.
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Trump’s federal layoffs hit wide range of Alaska agencies on Friday, with fears of many more to come
Anger and confusion among Alaska’s federal workers were rampant on Friday as mass firings ordered by President Donald Trump ...
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Juneau one of two Joann stores in Alaska listed for closure
The Ohio-based company filed a motion in bankruptcy court on Wednesday seeking to close nearly two-thirds of its stores as a ...
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Alaska state employees rally for more pay and benefits on same day mass federal firings occur
As thousands of federal workers were being fired on Valentine’s Day by the Trump administration, a group of about 70 state ...
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‘An outsized impact’: Federal layoffs begin in Alaska on Trump orders
At least 30 U.S. Forest Service and 30 National Park Service employees in Alaska lost their jobs after Trump ordered layoffs ...
Alaska US senators introduce bill that would again designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali
Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali — ...
Alaska child care advocates want subsidies and tax credits caught in legal limbo -- and more
Advocates want the Alaska Legislature to again pass a child care measure that is being challenged in court, along with additional help for the beleaguered sector. Legislators last year approved Senate ...
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Who is Susan Carney, Alaska’s new chief justice?
For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second ...
Villagers offer support for a critical lifeline in rural Alaska days after plane crash kills 10
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The small, striped plane rolled to a stop on a snow-covered airstrip in a remote western Alaska ...