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Republicans Just Sold Out Their Own Supporters. One Senator’s Vote Shocks Me More Than Most.
Slate Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska opens her memoir peeing in a bucket. She has flown to a remote village in her state some 500...
Murkowski Releases Statement on Budget Reconciliation Bill
Alaska Native News
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July 8, 2025
Senator Lisa Murkowski. Image-Youtube Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) last week released the following statement on H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill: “This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in...
Alaska’s longest-serving state legislator, Lyman Hoffman, will not run for reelection in 2026
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, talks with colleagues on January 22, 2025. (Marc Lester / ADN) After nearly 40 years in Alaska’s state Capitol, Sen. Lyman Hoffman is calling it quits. On June 25, the Bethel Democrat confirmed that he will not seek...
Trump's tax cuts vs. healthcare fallout: Will the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' backfire in 2026 midterms?
Firstpost
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July 5, 2025
Barack Obama had the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden pushed through the Inflation Reduction Act. Now, President Donald Trump is staking his legacy on sweeping tax cuts. Like his predecessors’ landmark policies, Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is...
Anchorage protesters push back on 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Your Alaska Link
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Some protesters in Anchorage had a lot to say about the recent passing of the 'Big Beautiful Bill'. "These cuts will increase hunger in one of the most food-insecure states in our country," said one protester. "Up to 35,000 Alaskans are at risk of...
Opinion: Thanks for the rosy outlook, Rep. Begich
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Rep. Nick Begich at the Resource Development Council's 50th Annual Membership Luncheon at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) I received an email from Rep. Nick Begich touting all of the wonderful things...
Alaska woman dies from rampant STD after infection spreads throughout her organs
Daily Mail
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July 4, 2025
An Alaska woman has died after a rare and severe complication of gonorrhea, health officials report. The unnamed woman, who was in her 50s, died this spring from disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI), which occurs when the sexually transmitted...
Body of Missing Ninilchik Kayaker Recovered in Cook Inlet
KSRM 920 AM - Alaska
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July 8, 2025
ANCHOR POINT — Alaska State Troopers have confirmed that human remains recovered from Cook Inlet on Thursday, July 3, are those of David Meyer, a Ninilchik man who went missing last month while kayaking near Whiskey Gulch. Meyer, 62, was first...
You voted for budget cuts. Why are you crying now, Alaska?
Daily Kos
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July 5, 2025
Two Alaskan lawmakers—including one Republican and one independent—just published a hand-wringing op-ed in The New York Times warning that the GOP’s latest budget reconciliation bill will throw their state into chaos. The headline? “Alaska...
Rural Alaska village banks on alternative energy as economic driver
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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July 5, 2025
Click play to listen to this article. Despite debate in Washington over ending incentives to help Alaska's smallest places move away from traditional oil and gas-based power generation in the most remote parts of Alaska, one village above the...
Anchorage reports spike in infant deaths
Alaska Public Media
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July 3, 2025
Anchorage is seeing a spike in infant deaths this year, prompting health care professionals to issue cautions about co-sleeping. So far this year, Anchorage police have reported almost double the amount of deaths compared to all of 2024. “Last...
Alaska Guard Rescues Family Stranded on River
MilitarySpot - Alabama
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July 3, 2025
Alaska Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Nick Lime, an aviator assigned to 207th Aviation Battalion, assists six distressed people stranded on the Kuskokwim River during a rescue mission June 30, 2025. The Alaska Rescue Coordination...
Planned Parenthood executives give statements on ‘big, beautiful bill’
Journal of the San Juans - Washington State
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July 8, 2025
The following statements are in response to the vote on July 3 by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass an extreme bill that would “defund” Planned Parenthood. Rebecca Gibron, CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaiʻi, Alaska,...
Juneau police and family seek assistance in finding Benjamin Stepetin
Juneau Empire - Alaska
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July 2, 2025
This is a developing story. Juneau resident Benjamin Stepetin, 42, has been missing since June 22. His family last saw him in the early morning that day in downtown Juneau. The Juneau Police Department is seeking assistance in locating him. As of...
Alaska wrestlers take on Olympic and world champion at Juneau camp
Juneau Empire - Alaska
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July 3, 2025
“My goal?” Amelia Fawcett, 18, asked after a session in the Juneau Girls Wrestling Clinic on Wednesday. “I want to be an Olympic champion, like Amit.” The present and future of Alaska’s women’s wrestling program mingled on the mat this week with...
Anchorage Assembly gives go-ahead for RV Resort in east downtown
Alaska Public Media
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July 3, 2025
Downtown Anchorage is one step closer to getting an RV resort. The Anchorage Assembly passed an ordinance on June 24 authorizing the Anchorage Community Development Authority to begin developing the site in the eastern part of Downtown. Mike...
Sullivan says no state fared better than Alaska with the One Big Beautiful Bill
Must Read Alaska
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July 5, 2025
US. Senator Dan Sullivan explained his vote in favor of the sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, calling it a historic legislative victory for Alaska that delivers major advancements in energy development, tax relief, military investment,...
Nearly a month after Davis Park abatement, clean up efforts continue
Alaska's News Source
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July 8, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A group of volunteers in Anchorage came together to clean up Davis Park on Monday, after the abatement of the homeless encampment in Mountain View on June 17. The volunteer effort was organized by Parks and Recreation’s...
U.S. senators sought to insulate Alaska from the harshest impacts of the budget reconciliation bill. Will it be enough?
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Shelves are well-stocked at the Chugiak-Eagle River Food Pantry inside a Presbyterian church in Eagle River, Alaska, on Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) As congressional Republicans passed a bill that will add new red tape to...
Alaska US Sen. Dan Sullivan praises the federal megabill for Alaska: ‘no state fared better’
Alaska Beacon
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July 3, 2025
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, took questions from Alaska reporters on Tuesday, in an hourlong phone news conference. He expressed praise and support for the Trump administration’s agenda with the federal budget megabill, saying, “No state...