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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Mary Peltola sharply disagreed on policies related to Alaska fisheries over the weekend, in the first debate between the two candidates running for Alaska’s hotly contested Senate seat.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Watchdog organization Americans for Public Trust filed an FEC complaint against Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Daniel J. Sullivan, alleging that the political figure engaged in “coordinated communications” with liberal dark money group the 907 Initiative to attack his opponent and the incumbent, also named Daniel Sullivan.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Free market state policy group the American Legislative Exchange Council Wednesday released its fourth edition of States That Work, its report ranking states according to their labor policy.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump will campaign for incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska ahead of a tense midterm battle for control of the U.S. Senate.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Twenty-two state attorneys general are questioning taxpayer funding of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine amid what the AGs call the group’s “sham”-like “independent review” of its much debated reference manual’s climate science chapter that was removed due to public concerns of political bias.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Sixteen state attorneys general are calling on the “Big Four Accounting Firms” by letter for accountability over their actions that prioritize Environmental, Social, Governance investment strategies and climate goals, which will prove to be detrimental to consumers, the officials say.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - A Delaware-registered corporation has applied for a federal permit to study the development of an underwater AI data center campus in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, triggering pushback from blindsided state officials.DeepGreen Cook Inlet SPV LLC filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a preliminary permit to study a data center campus located 45 feet to 166 feet below the surface that would be naturally cooled by ocean water and powered by 350 turbines driven by the tides.In the application with federal regulators, DeepGreen stated the project is designed to tie in with the Alaska Energy Authority’s ongoing $400 million Cook Inlet PowerLink project, a 38-mile submarine transmission line planned between Nikiski and Beluga. If built, the company claims the subsea campus would serve as a primary renewable energy source and stabilizing force on the region’s electrical grid.Curtis Thayer, Chief Executive Officer of the Alaska Energy Authority, which is overseeing the Cook Inlet PowerLink project, told the Anchorage Daily News his organization had never been contacted by DeepGreen and he added the company’s regulatory filing had the facts "dead
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and Mary Peltola advanced to November's general election for U.S. Senate in Alaska's crucial race to help determine control of the upper chamber.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The partisan makeup of the U.S. Senate could be determined by a seat up for election in Alaska.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) – The Alaska Supreme Court won’t let state lawmakers block members of the public on Facebook and delete their comments, rejecting the appeal of a minor punishment imposed on a former state senator.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted Thursday to advance bipartisan legislation that would prevent the U.S. Department of Education from transferring several major education offices to other federal agencies.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case over whether an Alaskan pilot's plane can be seized after he transported alcohol into a town where it is illegal.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Coast Guard is actively engaged in Arctic defense, monitoring and dealing with potential national security threats posed by Chinese ships. Last summer, the Coast Guard chased away Chinese vessels.
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