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• Whittier case poses a larger question: Why can’t these Americans vote?

  05-05-2025 21:42 via ktoo.org
  
  Michael Pese was among 10 Whittier residents charged in April, 2025 with illegal voting. He was born in American Samoa, so he’s a U.S. national but not a citizen. He spoke at at a May 2, 2025 press briefing in Anchorage. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  Ten people from Whittier charged with illegal voting made initial court appearances Friday — a routine procedure in a case that has the potential to be anything but.
  The 10 were born in American Samoa. That gives them the unique sta
  
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• Alaska Senate committee’s draft budget has a surplus — and that’s a sign of trouble

  05-05-2025 21:24 via ktoo.org
  
  The Alaska Senate Finance Committee meets on Friday, May 2, 2025. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  On Friday, the Alaska Senate’s finance committee finished work on a draft state operating budget for the coming year and sent the draft ahead to a vote of the full Senate.
  Senators are scheduled to begin debating amendments on Monday, with a vote on the draft expected later in the week.
  The committee’s draft is $384 million less than a version passed by the House in April and $1.7
  
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• Lingít Word of the Week: Xíxch’ — Frog

  05-05-2025 20:57 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A hand holds a wood frog fresh out of winter hibernation. (Photo by Toben Shelby/Alaska Public Media)
  This is Lingít Word of the Week. Each week, we feature a Lingít word voiced by master speakers. Lingít has been spoken throughout present-day Southeast Alaska and parts of Canada for over 10,000 years.
  Gunalchéesh to X̱’unei Lance Twitchell, Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and the University of Alaska Southeast for sharing the recorded audio for this series.
  This
  
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• Many Alaska families face political differences. A therapist discusses how to address them.

  05-05-2025 19:48 via ktoo.org
  Caitlin Andrews and Guinness the therapy dog in her office at Oilean Wellbeing in Ketchikan. May 1, 2025. (Jack Darrell/KRBD)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/29Therapy.wav
  Living in America right now can feel like you and your dad are trying to fix a car, but you can’t even agree on where the engine is. And neither one of you can fathom how the other could’ve been so wrong this whole time and still drive a car. So you’re glaring at each other, white-knuckling a
  
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• Trump has buoyed hopes for an Alaska gasline. Is it enough to get it built?

  05-05-2025 19:40 via ktoo.org
  
  An above-ground section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System near the Toolik Field Station in the North Slope Borough. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has buoyed hopes for the 800-mile, $44 billion Alaska LNG pipeline project. And the project has taken some important steps forward in recent months.
  But you’d be forgiven for being skeptical. Alaskans have dreamed for decades of a line that would bring the North Slope’
  
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