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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2h

Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump, reports Ashley Murray for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump | Alaska Beacon

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure campaign from…

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Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois, reports Jacob Fischler for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois | Alaska Beacon

A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block…

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Federal judge says Alaska’s treatment of transgender inmate violates U.S. Constitution, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Federal judge says Alaska’s treatment of transgender inmate violates U.S. Constitution | Alaska Beacon

The ruling follows a precedent that gender-affirming surgery can be medically necessary for transgender people in Alaska prisons.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 18h

FBI searched Alaska Sen. Sullivan’s phone logs during Jan. 6 insurrection investigation, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

FBI searched Alaska Sen. Sullivan’s phone logs during Jan. 6 insurrection investigation | Alaska Beacon

The call logs cover several days before and after rioters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to support then-incumbent President Donald Trump

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 18h

US prison population rises for second straight year, reports Amanda Hernández for @stateline.org via @alaskabeacon.com

US prison population rises for second straight year | Alaska Beacon

The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 19h

Happy Election Day Alaska! Polls are open until 8 pm tonight. All mail-in ballots must be postmarked by today.

You can find your polling place here: www.elections.alaska.gov/election-pol...

Check out a roundup of major races + ballot measures around the state:

Alaska cities and boroughs consider higher sales taxes to help pay for public services | Alaska Beacon

Most of Alaska’s local governments will hold municipal elections on Oct. 7, and voting has already begun in many places.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 23h

In a changing Arctic, how much noise is too much? reports Caroline van Hemert for @highcountrynews.org via @alaskabeacon.com

In a changing Arctic, how much noise is too much? | Alaska Beacon

Alaska’s bowhead whales can hear the climate changing. Scientists are listening in, too.

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 1d

Snow crab stocks in Alaska’s Bering Sea, which crashed a few years ago, have recovered enough to allow a modest harvest starting in mid-October. (via @alaskabeacon.com) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Gradual improvements in Bering Sea crab stocks allow for Alaska harvest increases

Catch limits are up for snow crab and Bristol Bay king crab, which crashed in recent years, but an abundance of snow-tanner crab hybrids adds a new twist.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown, reports Jennifer Shutt for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown | Alaska Beacon

The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of…

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

Gradual improvements in Bering Sea crab stocks allow for Alaska harvest increases, reports Yereth Rosen for the @alaskabeacon.com

Gradual improvements in Bering Sea crab stocks allow for Alaska harvest increases | Alaska Beacon

Snow crab and red king crab stocks are recovering, while an abundance of snow-tanner crab hybrids adds a new twist to harvest rules.

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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 1d

The action removes a major hurdle for the project, but developers would still need to overcome lawsuits and opposition from environmental and tribal groups.

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Trump approves appeal for Ambler Road project, reversing Biden administration’s rejection

The proposed road, being developed by Alaska’s state-owned investment bank, would open access to a mining region in northwest Alaska.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

This story has been updated with additional reactions and comments from environmental and advocacy groups, and Alaska's congressional representatives.

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Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse, reports Jennifer Shutt for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse | Alaska Beacon

President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to end the government shutdown.

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Sean Scully @seanibus.bsky.social · 1d

Now that a new rule has eliminated hundreds of millions in Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood, reproductive health providers have turned to telehealth, reports @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Restricting, cutting Medicaid funding shifts more reproductive health care to telemedicine | Alaska Beacon

Now that a new rule has eliminated hundreds of millions in Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood, reproductive health providers have turned to telehealth as part of the solution to offer…

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

Trump approves appeal for Ambler Road project, reversing Biden administration’s rejection, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Trump approves appeal for Ambler Road project, reversing Biden administration's rejection | Alaska Beacon

The proposed road, being developed by Alaska’s state-owned investment bank, would open access to a mining region in northwest Alaska.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 1d

Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court, reports Anna Clare Vollers for the @stateline.org via @alaskabeacon.com

Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court | Alaska Beacon

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban conversion therapy, a controversial counseling…

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

Tribal traditional healing gets Medicaid reimbursement in 4 states, reports Nada Hassanein for @stateline.org via @alaskabeacon.com

Tribal traditional healing gets Medicaid reimbursement in 4 states | Alaska Beacon

For the first time, traditional tribal healing practices can be reimbursed by Medicaid at tribal health facilities in four states: Arizona, California, New Mexico and Oregon.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

Economists say job losses likely, even as shutdown delays report, reports Tim Henderson for @stateline.org via @alaskabeacon.com

Economists say job losses likely, even as shutdown delays report | Alaska Beacon

Friday’s jobs report is missing in action because of the federal shutdown, but economists are finding other ways of measuring apparent job losses concentrated in Midwestern states and oil country.

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Sean Scully @seanibus.bsky.social · 2d

Cases of sexually transmitted infections declined in Alaska from 2023 to 2024, though as in past years, they continue to dominate the state’s annual infectious disease totals, report @alaskabeacon.com and @statesnewsroom.com

Annual Alaska disease report shows dip in sexually transmitted infections | Alaska Beacon

Alaska had fewer reported cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea last year than in 2023, as statistics show declines nationally.

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 2d

Cases of sexually transmitted infections declined in Alaska from 2023 to 2024, though as in past years, they continue to dominate the state’s annual infectious disease totals, according to state statistics. (via @alaskabeacon.com) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Annual Alaska disease report shows dip in sexually transmitted infections

Cases of STIs continue to dominate the state’s annual infectious disease totals, according to state statistics.

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 3d

Election day is coming up for most of Alaska’s local governments, and many communities are considering whether to raise sales taxes to pay for the escalating cost of public services, including infrastructure like road repairs and landfills. (via @alaskabeacon.com) www.adn.com/politics/202...

Alaska cities and boroughs consider higher sales taxes to help pay for public services

Most of Alaska’s local governments will hold municipal elections on Tuesday, and voting has already begun in many places.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent, reports Lois Parshley for @grist.org via the @alaskabeacon.com

In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent | Alaska Beacon

This story was originally published by Grist and Alaska Public Media. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Kigluaik Mountains stretch across the Seward Peninsula of western Alaska like a…

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 4d

Government shutdown primed to roll into next week after US Senate deadlocks again, reports Ashley Murray for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Government shutdown primed to roll into next week after US Senate deadlocks again | Alaska Beacon

An agreement to reopen the federal government was nowhere in sight Friday after U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans failed Friday, for the fourth time, to move on a deal and House Speaker Mike…

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 4d

Annual Alaska disease report shows dip in sexually transmitted infections, reports Yereth Rosen for the @alaskabeacon.com

Annual Alaska disease report shows dip in sexually transmitted infections | Alaska Beacon

Alaska had fewer reported cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea last year than in 2023, as statistics show declines nationally.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 4d

Trump cancels blue-state projects, trolls Dems on social media as shutdown drags on, reports Jennifer Shutt for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Trump cancels blue-state projects, trolls Dems on social media as shutdown drags on | Alaska Beacon

Trump administration officials on Friday defended the decision to cancel federal projects in regions of the country that have voted for Democrats, saying the move isn’t political but an effort to…

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