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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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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – U.S. states and territories made a collective $10 billion in improper payments to SNAP recipients nationwide in fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education confirmed a whistleblower’s allegations that the agency violated a federal court order while handling Title IX cases tied to gender identity and sexual orientation, according to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel .
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - An auction Friday of oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, long at the center of political disputes over energy development, drew bids on five tracts covering about 71,000 acres out of 58 tracts spanning nearly 690,000 acres.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – In a remarkable rebuke of the Trump administration's mission against Iran, the U.S. Senate narrowly advanced a War Powers Resolution when a handful of Republicans joined Democrats in a 50-47 vote.
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