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Permanent fund dividend fight splits Alaska Republicans, some aligned with Democrats

15 July 201916 July 2019 Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska Legislature, budget, Democrats, economy, Permanent Fund, Republicans, taxes

Typically, some of the most intense fights at the Alaska state Capitol are between factions of Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

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Environmental Protection Agency criticism of projected Pebble Mine ‘substantial’, says Alaska’s senator Murkowski

12 July 201915 July 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Murkowski, mining, Pebble Mine

The Environmental Protection Agency issued harsh assessments of the proposed Pebble Mine last week, and they’ve made an impression on

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University of Alaska students, staff on edge due to impending budget cuts

12 July 201915 July 2019 Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, budget, education, legislation, University of Alaska

On the day the Legislature unsuccessfully attempted to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s line-item veto, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) biology

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Alaska Legislature fails to override governor’s budget vetoes

11 July 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, education, Juneau, legislation, Wasilla

The Alaska Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s state budget vetoes on Wednesday. Without enough lawmakers present to reach

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Alaska senators worry about funding for scholarships, medical education, rural power cost equalization

10 July 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, education, energy, rural

State senators in Juneau, Alaska raised alarm on Tuesday about the money swept from state budget accounts into a harder-to-access

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Alaska mine project may be riskier than thought

3 July 20193 July 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Environmental Protection Agency, mining, Pebble Mine

The Environmental Protection Agency has weighed in once again on the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, and it has mine

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Alaska universities, health services hit hard by governor’s budget vetoes

2 July 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, education, health care, healthcare, Mike Dunleavy

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed 182 separate line items from the state’s operating budget. During a Friday press conference, Dunleavy

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Alaska’s Senator Murkowski not taking a stand (yet) on contested Pebble Mine

21 June 201921 June 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, mining, Pebble Mine

Opponents of the Pebble Mine, in Alaska, are doing all they can to get Sen. Lisa Murkowski on their side.

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Alaska governor says permanent fund dividend formula must be approved by popular vote

21 June 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, legislation, Mike Dunleavy, Permanent Fund

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy told a working group of state senators and representatives on Wednesday that any changes they propose

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Alaska working group seeks way forward on permanent fund dividend amid heated debate

19 June 201919 June 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, legislation, Mike Dunleavy, Permanent Fund

The size of this year’s permanent fund dividend looms over every other issue facing the Alaska state government. Gov. Mike

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China, Russia singled out in new U.S. Arctic defense strategy

19 June 201926 June 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments 1988 Arctic Cooperation Agreement, Arctic Council, climate change, Mike Pompeo, Northern Sea Route, The Northwest Passage

China and Russia are being singled out in the new U.S. Arctic defense strategy, echoing the increasing rhetoric from U.S.

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Alaska borough to split from Municipal League over its opposition to governor’s budget

18 June 2019 Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Alaska Municipal League, budget, Matanuska-Susitna, Mike Dunleavy

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is planning to leave the Alaska Municipal League at the end of June. That’s after Assembly members

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Alaskans push for acceptance of walrus ivory, but there’s an elephant in the room

18 June 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, hunting, indigenous, ivory, legislation, Senate, walrus

U.S. federal law prohibits sales of African elephant ivory, but six states have now banned the sale of ivory more

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Alaska governor calls second special session to fund permanent fund dividends

14 June 201914 June 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, budget, legislation, Mike Dunleavy, Permanent Fund

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has called the Alaska Legislature into a second special session to fund permanent fund dividends. The session

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Alaska Senate sends budget to governor without Permanent Fund Dividends

12 June 2019 Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO - Juneau 0 Comments Alaska, legislation, Mike Dunleavy, Permanent Fund

The Alaska Legislature finished its work on the operating budget on Monday, without setting an amount for permanent fund dividends.

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