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• Juneau secures $12.1M federal grant for Fred Meyer intersection improvements

  13-07-2026 23:39 via ktoo.org
  
  Traffic traffic zooms down Egan Drive where it intersects with Yandukin Drive in Juneau on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $12.1 million to Juneau last week to fund safety improvements at one of Juneau’s most dangerous intersections. 
  The funding is for the intersection at Yandukin Drive and Egan Drive, near the Fred Meyer grocery store. According to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, betw
  
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• 15 Alaskans and businesses charged with $1.8M in Medicaid fraud

  13-07-2026 21:15 via ktoo.org
  
  Pedestrians pass the Nesbett Courthouse, located in downtown Anchorage on August 31, 2022. (Valerie Kern/Alaska Public Media)
  State investigators have accused 15 Alaskans and businesses of filing more than $1.8 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in five separate cases.
  The criminal cases filed in June are part of a broader nationwide effort to crack down on fraud in the jointly funded federal and state program, state officials said.
  The defendants include managers and proprietors of Anchorage
  
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• Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy sets state record for most vetoes in a single Legislature

  13-07-2026 20:26 via ktoo.org
  
  Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy talks to reporters during a news conference on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  Amid a series of disagreements with lawmakers in the state House and Senate, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has set a record for the most vetoes by an Alaska governor during a single two-year Legislature.
  Through Friday morning, Dunleavy had vetoed 29 of the 115 bills passed by the 34th Alaska Legislature.
  The previous record, 25 vetoes, was held by Gov. Tony Knowles in
  
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