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Alaska medical board set to vote on restricting treatment of transgender minors
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A vial of Testosterone Cypionate Injection photographed in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) The Alaska State Medical Board is set to vote Friday on taking action to oppose gender-affirming care for minors. The move,...
Alaska Legislature gavels in and out, taking no further action in special session
Chilkat Valley News - Alaska
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August 20, 2025
The Alaska State Legislature gaveled in and out Tuesday as a technical step in running down the clock on a special session, slated to end Aug. 31. Legislative leaders say they’ve already accomplished their priorities — successfully overriding two...
Alaska lawmakers hold technical special session amid standoff with Gov. Dunleavy
Your Alaska Link
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The Alaska Senate and House continued their special session on Tuesday, amid an ongoing battle between lawmakers and Governor Mike Dunleavy. The special session was originally called by the Governor to consider his policy proposals, with most of...
Trump-Putin meeting is historic opportunity in World’s Most Strategic Location—Alaska
The Delta Discovery - Alaska
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August 20, 2025
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), today released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will host a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in...
Secretary Kennedy visits Alaska to highlight Tribal and Rural Health Priorities
The Delta Discovery - Alaska
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August 20, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. traveled to Alaska last week to highlight the vital role of rural hospitals and affirm his deep commitment to Tribal communities. U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan...
Legislature Overrides Dunleavy’s Education Veto
Sol de Medianoche - Alaska
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Legislature Overrides Dunleavy’s Education Veto by sdmn Alaska lawmakers override Governor Dunleavy’s $50M education veto in historic vote, preserving school funds and reaffirming legislative authority. The Alaska Legislature voted last month to...
Coolidge Unified District Education: 529 white students were enrolled in schools in 2024-25 school year
Pinal Today - Arizona
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August 20, 2025
Coolidge Unified District Superintendent Dawn Dee Hodge (2023) | Coolidge Unified DistrictCoolidge Unified District Superintendent Dawn Dee Hodge (2023) | Coolidge Unified District There were 529 white students enrolled in Coolidge Unified...
Some lawmakers returned to Juneau for a technical session that lasted less than a minute
KTOO - Alaska
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August 19, 2025
Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham Independent, speaks to a nearly empty floor at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) The Alaska House and Senate met Tuesday in Juneau but adjourned in...
House Speaker Edgmon warns of deepening strains in Alaska's coastal communities
Alaska Public Media
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August 19, 2025
Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon says the state's coastal and rural communities are facing mounting financial challenges. During a visit to Unalaska last week that, Edgmon pointed to strained infrastructure and rising costs that he says are...
An opaque Summit in Alaska undermines Western unity
Indian Newslink
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August 19, 2025
While the stated goal of the Summit held in Alaska on August 15, 2025 between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was to explore pathways to end the war in Ukraine was commendable. However, the absence of Ukrainian...
When Putin’s in Town, Alaska’s Slavic Christians Keep Praying for Peace
Christianity Today
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August 19, 2025
About ten miles from where Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage on Friday, a man speaking at New Chance Church didn’t even have to mention the presidents—or their countries—as he prayed for the ongoing talks. Instead, he pointed to...
Ministers from territories plan for gender equality
Law360 Canada
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Law360 Canada (August 19, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT) -- Ministers from Canada’s northern territories are working to develop a “memorandum of understanding” in formalizing shared priorities on gender equity. According to a news release, government...
Ai Weiwei Brings Art and Activism to Ukraine’s Front Line
Art in America
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August 19, 2025
Ai Weiwei has taken his work to one of its most dangerous stages yet: Ukraine’s eastern front. Just weeks before unveiling a major installation in Kyiv, Ai travelled to Kharkiv, a city under regular Russian bombardment, where he met with soldiers,...
The Alaska Governor’s Race Power Rankings: A Begich Appears
The Alaska Current
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August 19, 2025
This is not a drill. A Begich has joined the race for Alaska’s next governor. I repeat, a Begich has joined the race for governor. The race for governor grew to nine on Monday with the entrance of the first Democrat, former Anchorage state Sen....
5 Alaska lawmakers travel to Juneau for 1-minute floor sessions
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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The entrance to the House of Representatives Chamber at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on February 26, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN) Five Alaska lawmakers gathered in the Capitol in Juneau on Tuesday for pro forma floor sessions to indicate the...
Alaska legislators have largely departed Juneau, but special session continues until Aug. 31
Alaska Beacon
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August 19, 2025
The Alaska State Legislature is planning a brief session without taking any action on Tuesday, and legislative leaders say they’ve already completed their intended work for the special session, which ends on Aug. 31. Gov. Mike Dunleavy called the...
Grand Canyon Unified District Education: 87 white students were enrolled in schools in 2024-25 school year
Coconino News - Arizona
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August 19, 2025
Grand Canyon Unified District Principal Lori Rommel (2023) | Grand Canyon Unified DistrictGrand Canyon Unified District Principal Lori Rommel (2023) | Grand Canyon Unified District There were 87 white students enrolled in Grand Canyon Unified...
Alaska Communications Completes Key Upgrades on Northstar Submarine Fiberoptic Cable Keeping Alaskans Reliably Connected
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 19, 2025-- Alaska Communications has completed important network upgrades extending the life of one of Alaska’s critical communication links. This press release features multimedia. View the full release...
Expectations meet Reality in Alaska
Observer Research Foundation
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One of the greatest certainties looming over the Trump-Putin bilateral in Anchorage, Alaska was that it will not be the next Yalta, the conference held in February 1945 to discuss the post war reorganization of Germany and broader Europe....
Sitkans partake in statewide protests against Putin’s Alaska visit
KCAW Raven Radio - Alaska
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August 19, 2025
Kirill Radchenko takes a picture of his brother, Daniil, alongside fellow protestors. Kirill and Daniil immigrated from Russia with their family as a direct result of the war in Ukraine. (KCAW/Cotter) Shortly after the noon bell at St. Michael’s...