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Anchorage School Board members huddle around a computer discussing budget cuts during a work session on Dec. 7, 2024.

Anchorage School Board grapples with $107M budget deficit

A tool released this week will help the board gather community input about budget priorities.

James Brooks

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Americans are furious over health care. Is this an Occupy Wall Street moment?

The public outrage unleashed by the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO echoes the anti-banking fury after the financial crisis and comes as populist economic fatigue helped re-elect Donald Trump.

A network of pipelines, seen on Aug. 23, 2018, snakes through a portion of the Greater Prudhoe Bay Unit on Alaska's North Slope.

Lower prices dim expectations for Alaska oil earnings in coming years, revenue forecast says

The report says North Slope production will rise in a few years, but state oil revenue will decline through the end of the decade.

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Dunleavy introduces first-draft budget with $1.5 billion deficit and more than $3,800 PFD

Over the next several months, there’ll be lots of back-and-forth with legislators before they pass their own version.

Rising Star Wrestler overcomes tragedy in Wrangell | INDIE ALASKA

It's so much more than wrestling for this high school senior and her family in Wrangell, Alaska.

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, December 12, 2024

Gov. Dunleavy releases his draft budget. Plus, researchers study how to integrate electric vehicles in rural Alaska.

Two images of a young woman wrestler wearing red.

Rising star wrestler overcomes tragedy in Wrangell | INDIE ALASKA

Wrestling is more than just a sport for young people living in many parts of rural Alaska.

Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board approves 10% raise for CEO

Board chair Jason Brune said the raise comes after Mitchell got high marks on an annual performance evaluation.

Biden says Native boarding school monument ensures history will not be erased

President Joe Biden says the monument, to be created at a former boarding school in Pennsylvania, builds on his apology to tribes.

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