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Alaska Senate unanimously rejects automatic salary hikes for top state officials
The Alaska Senate essentially rejected giving themselves and other state leaders automatic pay raises linked to inflation ...
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Alaska, one of two states without a cabinet-level agriculture department, is planning to create one
Under an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the new department will start July 1 unless voted down by legislators.
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Alaska Legislature formally opposes Trump's renaming of Denali as Mount McKinley
Trump issued the order renaming Denali after President William McKinley on his first day back in office. The decision sparked ...
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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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‘In Alaska, It’s Denali’: Murkowski pushes bill to rename mountain, again
The battle over what to call North America’s highest peak has entered the U.S. Senate as Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced a bill Thursday that, if passed, would overturn President ...
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Sen. Murkowski Defends Tribal Sovereignty on Senate Floor
Sen. Lisa Murkowski , chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, addressed the U.S. Senate floor regarding a letter she ...
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Murkowski, leading Senate Cmte. on Indian Affairs, pens letter sharing concerns over potential tribal funding cuts after Trump executive order
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget earlier this week, urging the office to demand that federal agencies move to protect Indian tribes across ...
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'A lot of work ahead of us': Alaska lawmakers talk priorities on smooth first day of session
Newly sworn-in members of the Alaska House of Representatives — from left, Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, Nellie Unangik Jimmie, D-Toksook Bay, Robyn Niayuq Burke, D-Utqiagvik and Neal Foster, D ...