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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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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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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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Guns: Where do Trump and Harris stand?
Harris and Trump agree that gun violence is a major problem, but they offer strikingly different views on how to address it.
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Alaska saw risks from nuclear weapons in 1964: Will it see future risks from nuclear microreactors?
Lawrence D. Weiss writes that Nike Hercules missiles carried warheads up to 3 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb ...
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Campaign ads from outside group falsely claim Peltola vote harmed Alaskans’ PFDs
This year's Permanent Fund dividend was unconnected to a vote Peltola took in the U.S. House, despite claims from a group ...
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School choice goes before voters in 3 states, faces pushback in others
Thirty-three states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have at least one kind of school choice program, according to a ...
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Begich’s ‘Ponzi scheme’ comment on Social Security was taken out of context, recording shows
Begich addressed his position on Social Security during last week's Debate for the State, aired on television statewide.
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As dropbox program ends, most Alaska absentee voters will pay $1.46 to cast their ballots
In the last presidential election, the state partnered with the Municipality of Anchorage for ballot dropboxes. That hasn't ...
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New rule adds three Alaska tribal representatives to federal board managing subsistence
The new rule expanding the Federal Subsistence Board is part of a broader federal effort to boost tribal involvement in ...