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Begich: Feds should lift Alaska Medicaid suspension

Published July 18

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ANCHORAGE - U.S. Sen. Mark Begich said the federal government suspension banning Alaska from enrolling new people to a Medicaid program for the disabled and elderly should be lifted, the senator wrote in a letter this week.

Stimulus money to fund water projects in rural Alaska

Originally published July 18 at 3:39 p.m.
Updated July 18 at 7:21 p.m. | 9 comments

ANCHORAGE - Federal stimulus money will help fund running water projects for remote and rural villages in Alaska.

Denali workers ratify new contract

Originally published July 17 at 3:25 p.m.
Updated July 17 at 11:15 p.m. | 23 comments

FAIRBANKS — Doyon/ARAMARK J.V. reached an agreement with 17 employees, including bus mechanics at Denali National Park and Preserve, ending a strike that began July 1, both sides confirmed Friday.

Rebuilding begins in villages ravaged by Yukon RIver flooding

Published July 18 | 8 comments

FAIRBANKS — Rebuilding efforts have begun in Eagle, where volunteer crews are working to construct replacement homes following devastating spring flooding on the Yukon River.

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Alaska’s auto pioneer

Published July 18

Editor’s note: As we recognize the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s signing of the Alaska statehood proclamation on Jan. 3, 1959, the Daily News-Miner is reprinting an occasional sampling of its statehood-related editorials from that era.


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U.S. chamber backs higher federal gas tax

Published July 17 | 24 comments

While Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell is pushing the Legislature to continue a suspension or repeal the state's 8-cent gas tax, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling for an increase of about 10 cents in the federal gas tax to build and fix the nation's crumbling roads.


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