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22.5% of Homeowners in Alaska Will Face a Hidden Home Equity Tax If They Sell
Thousands of Alaskans risk paying hefty capital gains taxes on their home sale—despite no state income tax. A decades-old ...
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Alaska’s state insect is not the mosquito
Thirty years ago, students from the Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School in Aniak were among those who held a statewide ...
Carveouts for Alaska and tax breaks for whalers: How Lisa Murkowski got to yes on Trump’s agenda bill
The fate of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda was in Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s hands — and she used that leverage ...
Body of missing UK Healthcare employee Marites Buenafe found in Alaska, police say
Marites Buenafe, 62, a University of Kentucky Healthcare employee, was reported missing July 1. Her body was found by Alaska ...
Alaska quips about opening ‘Bear Alcatraz’ as WH official urges Republican states to work with DHS to build more detention facilities
Alaska has joked about setting up a “Bear Alcatraz” to help the Trump administration detain more illegal migrants — as the ...
Connecticut firefighters from the Interstate Fire Crew deployed to fight Alaska wildfires, DEEP says
The team consists 18 members from the Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew, DEEP said, along with 2 members from the Rhode Island ...
Alaska nonprofit sues Trump administration over canceled grant
An Alaska nonprofit that supports innovative projects and startup companies is suing the U.S. Navy over a grant that it says was "arbitrarily terminated" by the Trump administration. Launch Alaska ...
Murkowski got to yes on $3.3T megabill thanks to spending for Alaska
Senate passes "big, beautiful bill" after negotiations with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who secured benefits for Alaska including ...