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Houston City Council confirms new public works director
Houston held its monthly City Council meeting, with the agenda focused on the adopting the annual budget, including the capital budget for Fiscal Year 2023.
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“My brain is different, not broken.” One Mat-Su Central student speaks about her journey during graduation
After a week of tassels and parchment, laughter and political t-shirts, Mat-Su Central School said farewell to the Class of 2022 on Friday.
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Wasilla High School celebrates 2022 graduation
WASILLA — Wasilla High School’s class of 2022 celebrated a live graduation ceremony at the Menard Sports Center Thursday, May 19.
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As Legislature closed, Mat-Su senators helped deliver key legislation on telehealth, pre-kindergarten expansion and reading instruction
Mat-Su state senators Shelley Hughes and David Wilson, both Republican, were at the center of two important bills that passed at the end of the 2022 legislative session.
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Colony High School sends off the class of 2022 with live graduation at Menard Center
WASILLA — Colony High School’s class of 2022 celebrated graduation at the Menard Sports Center Wednesday, May 20.
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Alaska House proposes naming new bridge after Don Young
Alaska’s longest single-span bridge would be named after former Congressman Don Young under legislation passed Wednesday by the Alaska House of Representatives.
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Feds sue Alaska over management of Kuskokwim fisheries
The federal government sued Alaska’s state government and the state Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday, saying in a filing at the U.S. District Court in Anchorage that the state illegally opened the Kuskokwim River for salmon fishing.
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Redington Junior/Senior High School celebrates live graduation at Menard Sports Center
WASILLA— Redington Junior/Senior High School’s class of 2022 celebrated a live graduation ceremony inside the Menard Sports Center Wednesday, May 18.
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Mat-Su Career and Technical High School graduation offers something for everyone
Whether conservative or liberal, electric or acoustic, the Mat-Su Career and Technical High School (CTHS) graduation offered something for everyone, and the CTHS Class of 2022 certainly left their mark on the ceremony.
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Palmer High's class of 2022 celebrates with outdoor graduation
PALMER — Friends and family members cheered for Palmer High School's class of 2022 from the Machetanz Field bleachers while the sun beamed brightly down on the outdoor ceremony Tuesday night.
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Senate Democrats pledge drag-out fight over anti-trans athlete bill
By Matt Buxton The Midnight Sun
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Alaskans for Better Government Celebrates Unanimous Alaska Senate Passage and House Concurrence of HB 123, Advancement of Tribal Sovereignty Recognition Bill
The organizing effort behind the Alaskans for Better Government ballot initiative commends the unanimous May 13th affirmative vote of the Alaska Senate on HB 123. The vote creates a historic opportunity for Alaskans to honor the Native peoples and communities…
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Mat-Su senator wants Dunleavy to use vetoes to punish districts where legislators rejected Senate budget
By Dermot Cole
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Alaska House, Senate negotiators reach tentative budget deal
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska lawmakers tasked with negotiating a budget deal reached a tentative agreement Tuesday that would pay residents more than $3,000 this year, but the final amount would depend on whether the Legislature can muster the votes…
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Senate signs off on reckless $3.6 billion dividend plan
The biggest single beneficiary of the plan to give everyone $5,600 —remember that will not be the final number — would be the federal government, which will collect hundreds of millions in federal income taxes.
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Humanitarian flights will bring 600 Ukrainians to Alaska
By Rasmuson Foundation
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House passes VPSO reform bill but not before ugly comments about taxing villages
By Matt Buxton The Midnight Sun
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ConocoPhillips set new record for North Slope horizontal oil drilling; production on slope holding steady
By Tim Bradner
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APD Responds with SWAT team on the 10100 block of Natucket Loop
UPDATE: The suspect has been remanded. No injuries were reported.
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Alaska Supreme Court rules against UA students in scholarship case, leaving issue to legislators
A lawsuit brought by a group of University of Alaska students in an effort to protect the state’s scholarship fund from being liquidated by Gov. Mike Dunleavy has come to a disappointing end.