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The federal government is assuming management of salmon fishing in parts of Alaska’s Cook Inlet • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

Commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the federal waters of Cook Inlet will resume this summer, but under new management by the federal government, according to a rule made final this week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, also known as NOAA Fisheries, is taking over what had been state management […]

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Spoken token: House Bill 26 makes three dead languages into ‘official’ languages of the state | #alaska | #politics

A bill by Democrat Rep. Andi Story of Juneau adds three more Native languages to the list of official languages of Alaska. All three of them are dead languages. House Bill 26, set for a third reading and vote on Monday in the Alaska Senate, would also change the name of the Alaska Native Language […]

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Trump wins Alaska Republican presidential primary, DDHQ projects | #alaska | #politics

A Super Tuesday voter takes an “I Voted” sticker at Alexandria City Hall on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) (NewsNation) — Decision Desk HQ projects former President Donald Trump the winner of the Alaska Republican presidential primary. Republican voters in Alaska were among those in more than a dozen other states […]

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Alaska, Wyoming Primaries should pad Joe Biden delegate count | #alaska | #politics

There’s not much drama in either state with a cleared field and no other options. President Joe Biden looks to nudge further ahead in his party’s nomination for reelection with Democratic voting Saturday in Wyoming and Alaska. As two of the least populated states, Alaska and Wyoming play minuscule roles in both intraparty and general election voting in presidential election […]

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New Department of Interior opinion promises to recognize expanded tribal jurisdiction in Alaska • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

A new legal opinion by the top attorney at the U.S. Department of the Interior has extended the jurisdiction of Alaska tribes over a broad swath of the state, upending decades of precedent and offering new opportunities for the state’s 228 federally recognized tribal governments. The opinion, issued Feb. 1 by Interior Department Solicitor Robert […]

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Embattled Alaska House Republican stripped of committee assignment | #alaska | #politics

Alaska state Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, sits in the House on April 29, 2022. (Becky Bohrer / Associated Press) Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman, the only member of the Alaska House who belongs to neither the majority nor the minority, was stripped Monday of his only committee assignment after he pushed last week for the […]

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Alaska Permanent Fund says it is reviewing possible conflicts of interest with unnamed person | #alaska | #politics

A series of leaked email documents that show a possible conflict of interest with a member of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation’s Board of Trustees is a serious matter — so much so that the Alaska Permanent Fund has issued a statement acknowledging that fact and saying it is handling the matter internally. Board of […]

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Biden wins Democratic contests in Wyoming and Alaska | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska — President Biden has nudged closer to the Democratic nomination for reelection by winning party contests in Wyoming and Alaska. As two of the least populated states, Alaska and Wyoming play minuscule roles in intraparty and general election voting in presidential contests. Biden essentially clinched the Democratic nomination March 12 by winning the Georgia […]

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The federal government is assuming management of salmon fishing in parts of Alaska’s Cook Inlet | #alaska | #politics

Three male pink salmon pursue a female up Ship Creek in Anchorage on Aug. 9, 2013. Salmon that spawn in Ship Creek are among the many stocks that swim in Cook Inlet. Starting this year, the federal government will be managing salmon fishing in the inlet’s federal waters, a break from the decades-long Alaska Department […]

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Skip day: Peltola ditches House Resources budget hearing after not defending Alaska or holding Interior Sec. Deb Haaland accountable | #alaska | #politics

House Resources Committee, where Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola walked out. One day after Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola acted against energy development on the North Slope, Peltola skipped out on a House Resources Committee budget hearing featuring Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, who is responsible for executing so much of the Biden Administration war on […]