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Reforms at the U.S. Supreme Court: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
The erasure of a national right to abortion is among the issues that have magnified questions about Supreme Court ethics and ...
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Trauma records show high risks of cold-exposure injuries for Alaska’s homeless
Nearly a quarter of hospital patients treated in hospitals from 2012 to 2021 for injuries like frostbite and hypothermia were ...
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A fond farewell to Alaska Federation of Natives President Julie Kitka
Kitka said she told herself her job “was to expand the imagination of our people, to create opportunities for our people to ...
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Alaska Federation of Natives endorses Peltola, opposes ranked choice repeal
The Alaska Federation of Natives voted Saturday to endorse the reelection of Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and to oppose ...
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Alaska Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom approves campaign-finance ballot measure for 2026 vote
Ballot measure sponsors hope the Alaska Legislature passes a substantially similar law in 2025, in time for it to take effect ...
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The presidential race is consuming battleground Pennsylvania. What do voters have to say?
Pennsylvania, with nearly 13 million residents and 19 Electoral College votes, carries the biggest prize among the swing ...
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Data centers face growing opposition Outside. Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants them in Alaska.
Amid a growing backlash to the factory-sized data centers that power the global internet, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ...
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Department of Labor releases AI best practices for employers
A federal guide aims to mitigate risks of discrimination, data breaches and job replacement by AI, while embracing possible ...
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Alaskans to vote on measure raising the minimum wage and mandating paid sick leave
The labor ballot question comes 10 years after the last one that hiked Alaska’s minimum wage and is similar to initiatives in ...
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Alaska’s top marijuana, alcohol official resigns to become administrative law judge
Joan Wilson, head of the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, had served as boss of the quasi-judicial agency for ...
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Alaska saw risks from nuclear weapons in 1964: Will it see future risks from nuclear microreactors?
The 1964 Good Friday earthquake rocked and crumpled Anchorage and environs. The magnitude 9.2 quake lasted four and one-half minutes, killed over 130 people, and damaged or destroyed much of Anchorage ...