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• Community in Unity: Power & Privilege

  20-01-2017 23:52
  
  
  Community members gathered to discuss power and privilege at Alaska Public Media and wrote some of their ideas on the wall to share. (Craig/Alaska Public Media)How does our society’s system of privilege impact you? How can we change it to be more equitable? Should we?
  Community in Unity is Alaska Public Media’s community dialogue series. In the past it’s featured panel discussions or moderated group conversations. This time, attendees sat in a circle having an open conversation
  
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• New Alaska legislative effort could legalize raw milk sales - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-01-2017 23:34
  
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  New Alaska legislative effort could legalize raw milk sales
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  A new effort to legalize raw milk sales and expand the use of fresh produce in Alaska schools has emerged in the Legislature. Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, prefiled House Bill 46 last week. Her agriculture bill would not only legalize the direct sale ...
  
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• How data aim to make cities like Anchorage more livable

  20-01-2017 23:00
  
  As mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg innovated to make life easier for residents. One example: he shut down some traffic lanes and intersections, then put up chairs, tables and umbrellas to encourage citizens to linger there and enjoy the city.
  He’s no longer mayor of that city, but he’s still at it. His Bloomberg Philanthropies have funded $42M toward helping 100 American cities improve life for their citizens, using innovation and existing data the cities haven’t been
  
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• How big data can make cities like Anchorage more livable

  20-01-2017 23:00
  
  As mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg innovated to make life easier for residents. One example: he shut down some traffic lanes and intersections, then put up chairs, tables and umbrellas to encourage citizens to linger there and enjoy the city.
  He’s no longer mayor of that city, but he’s still at it. His Bloomberg Philanthropies have funded $42M toward helping 100 American cities improve life for their citizens, using innovation and existing data the cities haven’t been
  
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• Feds declare salmon disaster for Gulf of Alaska fisheries - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-01-2017 22:01
  
  Feds declare salmon disaster for Gulf of Alaska fisheries
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The federal government has issued a disaster declaration for Alaska's pink salmon fishery ...and more »
  
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• Panel urges action on Alaska deficit to address economic uncertainty - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-01-2017 21:04
  
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  Panel urges action on Alaska deficit to address economic uncertainty
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  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A panel of experts said Thursday that a plan for addressing Alaska's multibillion-dollar budget ...
  WATCH: Alaska governor calls for fiscal planKTUU.com
  Alaska governor proposes pay freeze bill amid state deficitWashington Times
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• Organ Donation- A recipient’s story

  20-01-2017 21:00
  
  Photo: Flickr, Karol FranksOn December 1st, 2016, Bill Atkinson was placed on A1 status, giving him the highest priority for receiving a new heart. 10 Days later, On December 11th, at 3:17 PM, 30 year old Anchorage resident, Jonathan Gilbert was pronounced Brain Dead after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Jonathan’s death, and his families loss meant that Bill and his family would be given the ultimate gift, the gift of life. Please join Host Prentiss Pembert
  
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• Obama denies Alaska village's disaster declaration request - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-01-2017 20:58
  
  Obama denies Alaska village's disaster declaration request
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - President Barack Obama has turned down a request from one of Alaska's most eroded ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Airlines performance unsurpassed - Covington-Maple Valley Reporter

  20-01-2017 19:49
  
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  Alaska Airlines performance unsurpassed
  Covington-Maple Valley Reporter
  Back 50 years ago, Boeing, Weyerhaeuser and PACCAR were the “Crème de la crème” of Washington's publicly traded corporations. And it was 25 years ago when Microsoft, Costco and Starbucks joined the list. Now, when people talk about our state's top ...and more »
  
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• “For the love of money”

  20-01-2017 18:45
  
  L-R David Haynes, Becca Mahar in MoneyTwo people whose focus on life is through money meet. What is real and what is not? What is intangible and what has actual value? Cyrano’s Theatre Company’s Resident Playwright Dick Reichman’s Money, which addresses many of these topics, comes back to Cyrano’s in collaboration with RKP Productions to run January 20 through February 12. David Haynes and Becca Mahar drop by Stage Talk this week to talk about their characters, the play a
  
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• State gasline agency opens Tokyo office, replaces state's representative in Japan - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-01-2017 05:10
  
  State gasline agency opens Tokyo office, replaces state's representative in Japan
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  The state gasline agency has opened an office in Tokyo and hired a former employee of the giant Mitsubishi Corp. who got to know Bill Walker before he became Alaska's governor, state officials said Thursday. Masatoshi "Nick" Shiratori is replacing the ...and more »
  
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• Survey: Alaska women report 'very high' rate of stalking - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-01-2017 04:10
  
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  Survey: Alaska women report 'very high' rate of stalking - Alaska ...
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  More than a third of Alaska women have been stalked, according to statistics drawn from a 2015 survey. The survey's authors say those numbers may have ...and more »
  
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• For US senators, it’s all in the question

  20-01-2017 04:06
  
  
  Photo by Liz RuskinU.S. senators take a variety of postures as they question cabinet nominees at confirmation hearings. Some interrogate. Some toss softballs. Many grandstand. Alaska’s two senators stuck to a few time-honored tactics as the engaged with nominees.
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  Sen. Dan Sullivan used his first round of questions with EPA nominee Scott Pruitt to bolster the nominee. Sullivan took aim at a question a Democrat had just asked, about why Pruitt, as Oklahoma attorney general, h
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017

  20-01-2017 04:00
  
  
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  Gov. Walker hits on same budget themes with new Legislature
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  In his annual State of the State Address on Wednesday, Gov. Bill Walker pushed a lot of the same ideas and proposals for solving the state’s budget crisis as last year.
  State gasline corporation quietly open
  
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• Tourists continue to flock to Alaska, but there is a growing concern from the industry - KTUU.com

  20-01-2017 03:42
  
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  Tourists continue to flock to Alaska, but there is a growing concern from the industry
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - After a year of less than exciting economic news in Alaska, including a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, there is what's being called a bright spot: tourism. Cold in Midtown Anchorage-looking east - Bill Cross 1-18-17. Visit ...
  
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• Young to have front-row seat as Trump takes oath

  20-01-2017 03:37
  
  U.S. Rep. Don Young will start his 23rd term in January. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)If you plan to watch Donald Trump get sworn in, look for Alaska Congressman Don Young on your screen. The Congressman said he’ll likely have a high-profile seat.
  “If everything works out.,” Young said. “It goes on seniority. And I’ll be up there, right next to the president. Or right behind him as he gives his speech.”
  Both of Alaska’s s
  
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• Symphony of Seafood competition continues innovation

  20-01-2017 03:18
  
  Salmon Sisters salmon leather tote bag. (Photo: Julie Decker.)Would you eat salmon flavored ice cream or use salmon oil on your dog? A Southeast-based seafood competition aims to find out what innovations the Alaska seafood industry has when it comes to value-added products.
  The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation’s Symphony of Seafood competition is nothing new. It’s been running for 24 years, but the products contestants enter every year are innovative.
  “It’s a
  
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• Southeast legislators hesitant to cut education funding

  20-01-2017 03:12
  
  Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, at a press availability held by House and
  Senate Democrats, April 19, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Southeast Alaska lawmakers express skepticism that the Legislature should look to school funding to cut the state’s budget. In fact, some legislators would like to see spending increase in some education areas.
   
  School funding makes up one of the largest pieces of the state budget. But as the Legislature looks to close a more than $3 billion gap
  
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