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Jobless in Alaska: 24 months straight

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August was the 23rd consecutive month of job losses in Alaska, according to the Alaska Department of Labor. Employment opportunities slid another 1.4 percent...

Snap: Interior bureaucrat quits with blistering letter to Zinke

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Joel Clement was among the first three dozen to be reassigned in the Department of Interior after Donald Trump became president. Clement was considered...

Pebble Partnership has a new plan: Almost exactly what the EPA asked for

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The Pebble Mine is smaller, won't use cyanide, will have no waste rock piles, will have super-safe soil liners, and will impact one fewer...

John Sturgeon, hunter, likely heading back to Supreme Court

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Gov. Bill Walker on Wednesday said the State of Alaska will do everything in "our power to protect Alaska's State rights." He was referring narrowly...

Quote of the week: ‘Call it a tax’

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"I wish it was called an income tax, because that’s really what it is." - Sen. Dennis Egan, remarking on Gov. Bill Walker's "payroll tax,"...

Seafood processed in China by North Korean labor a cause for concern

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Is Alaska seafood propping up the nuclear ambitions of North Korea's Kim Jong Un? According to a new report by the Associated Press, that is...

Researcher lights up Internet: ‘I used to think gun control was the answer’

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LEAH LIBRESCO for THE WASHINGTON POST Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a Big Data journalism site. She is the author of...

Events for politicos

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Send your political events items to suzanne @ mustreadalaska.com. Here's what we're serving up this week: Oct. 16: University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Daniel White luncheon...

Brutal: Gov. Walker gets creamed on Facebook fail

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Gov. Bill Walker, having returned from five days in China, perhaps thought he was "on message" when he posted on Facebook that he needs...
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