Alaska
Childless champion of preschools ushered in a new Alaska | #alaska | #politics
Tom Begich doesn’t have children, but when he retired from the state Senate this year, he had devoted much of his service to getting four-year-olds into school. I think he accomplished more to reverse Alaska’s decline than anyone else in government. Over the columns of this three-part series, I will back up that statement, and […]
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Alaska
Tara Sweeney says her upbringing in the Arctic informs her politics and gives her stamina | #alaska | #politics
Tara Sweeney calls the Arctic home and says the needs of people in the Arctic are the guiding light in her political career. Some North Slope and Northwest Arctic residents have a range of views on her policy ideas. Tara Katuk Mac Lean Sweeney said she was raised in Utqiagvik, as well as Noorvik, Unalakleet, […]
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