Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins were the only GOP senators to vote against the bill to claw back funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and foreign aid. It goes next to the House.
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Bird vetch is rampant in Alaska. Some Anchorage residents are coming together to prevent it from choking out native plants and taking over city green spaces.
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It's the latest recruitment tool to pass the City Council, in a bid to attract first responders and emergency services personnel.
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The money pays for programs including after-school activites, student supplies and preschools, Mat-Su district officials said.
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James Kerr said borough officials retaliated against him after he testified as a private citizen against enforcing a masking mandate at a 2021 Assembly meeting.
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The Senate voted to approve a $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television.
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No major waves were reported in any community.
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Organizers are trying to collect enough signatures so that voters can decide in the spring whether to establish an inspector general for the city.
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Homeowners say the federally-funded project should be fast-tracked to keep the river at bay.
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The controversial program, aimed at boosting the population of a struggling caribou herd in Western Alaska, had been halted by court rulings because of legal flaws.
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The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump that would claw back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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