The Alaska Memo by Matt Buxton

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Alaska's aging prison population/Anchorage IT director finally out
Plus there's a new round of free at-home covid tests.
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A $1,312 PFD and no special session
Don't hold your breath for a fiscal plan.
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'The harm suffered by the public was substantial'
A pretty big fine for a pretty big lie.
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Feds pull the plug on flubbed ANWR leases
Biden was always going to oppose it, but the shoddy, rushed job by the Trump administration made it that much easier.
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August 2023
Corrected: Board of Education calls snap meeting on trans sports ban on THURSDAY
Really need to look at a calendar more often!
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Board of Education calls snap meeting on trans sports ban
The announcement comes as Gov. Mike Dunleavy has escalated the rhetoric on trans kids, part of an increasingly right-wing term as governor.
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Dunleavy's new low
Sorta seems like the cruelty is the point.
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Alaska's (Worrying) Economic Trends
Meanwhile, wages in even one of the state's highest-paying industries aren't keeping up with inflation and the Permanent Fund Corp. moves forward with…
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'Conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership' (and into Alaska politics)
Eastman and Eastman (no relation)
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July 2023
Dunleavy asks for a do-over on Pebble Mine/Board of Education punts on sports regs singling out trans girls
Yeesh.
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Anti-RCV group turns to Soros conspiracy theories
In short, per Rosenberg: Criticizing George Soros is not inherently anti-Semitic. But casting him as an avatar of evil is.
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Treg Taylor's attack on privacy
The state of Alaska says it won’t be ratting out people who get or provide abortions, but its attorney general supports other states that do.
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