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Alaska Rep. Nick Begich again votes to strip funding from public broadcasters
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overnight Thursday to strip more than $1.1 billion in previously budgeted money from ...
Public broadcasters say GOP funding cuts could be 'devastating' to local media and make Americans less safe
But now, looming GOP-led funding cuts are concerning media allies that local public broadcasters would be forced to downsize ...
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Opinion: You can’t hold funding for Alaska public education hostage and expect it to improve
In the fall of 2019, Tom Begich and I sat in the Atwood Building lobby, waiting to meet with Gov. Mike Dunleavy. That meeting ...
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Expiration date looms for legal deal defining trans-Alaska pipeline tax value
The value of the system matters because it helps determine the amount of property taxes the pipeline's owners must pay to the ...
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Congress has defunded public broadcasting. Murkowski explores what’s next for Alaska stations.
The fate of Alaska’s smaller public radio stations is in doubt after Congress passed a bill to defund the Corporation for ...
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Alaska public media stations warn of dangers as US Senate prepares to vote on funding clawback
The Senate has until Friday to vote on a measure that could eliminate more than $15 million in annual funding for Alaska’s 27 ...
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Alaska public media managers warn of potential impact from federal cuts
A dozen officials and general managers for Alaska’s public media organizations across the state spelled out the potential ...
Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope
In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible ...
Alaska US senators split votes on cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid
Alaska’s two U.S. senators voted differently on a bill requested by President Donald Trump to block federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The cuts include $1.1 billion for public ...
Public media supporters say federal funding cuts could endanger life-saving broadcasts in Alaska
The U.S. House has approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut roughly $9 billion for both foreign aid and public ...
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Podcasts News Talk of Alaska From Alaska Public Media Alaska’s only statewide call-in forum for discussing the issues impacting life on the Last Frontier. Politics, science, culture and current ...