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Murkowski got to yes on $3.3T megabill thanks to spending for Alaska
Senate passes "big, beautiful bill" after negotiations with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who secured benefits for Alaska including ...
Alaska quips about opening ‘Bear Alcatraz’ as WH official urges Republican states to work with DHS to build more detention facilities
Alaska has joked about setting up a “Bear Alcatraz” to help the Trump administration detain more illegal migrants — as the ...
Carveouts for Alaska and tax breaks for whalers: How Lisa Murkowski got to yes on Trump’s agenda bill
The fate of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda was in Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s hands — and she used that leverage ...
Alaska Suggests 'Bear Alcatraz' For Migrants to be Detained
It comes after Florida unveiled 'Alligator Allcatraz', a new migrant detention center being developed on a remote airstrip in ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner1h
Alaska’s state insect is not the mosquito
Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide ...
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Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy's new saint?
"St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska," as she is officially known, was canonized June 19 as the first female ...
Family of 6, Including Child, Rescued by Helicopter After Spending Nearly 24 Hours in Alaska River
A family of six, including a child, has been rescued after spending close to 24 hours on an Alaska River amid stormy weather.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner1h
Alaska Democrat lawmakers voice frustration over Trump bill passage
The bill, championed by the Trump administration and a large swath of Republicans, makes the president’s 2017 tax cuts ...