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Alaska Senate bill spurs debate over funding of homeschool programs →

Lawmakers have introduced an education bill that would overhaul the administration of publicly funded homeschooling programs. Under the bill, correspondence programs — which provide cash to families of homeschoolers — would receive tens of millions of dollars in additional funding.

Alaska petroleum reserve lease sale raises record $163.7M →

The sale generated 430 bids from oil and gas companies. The bids, seeking 10-year leases that could lead to oil and gas activity, covered 1.3 million acres.

Initiative affirming Alaska's noncitizen voting ban set to appear on 2026 ballot →

A group called Alaskans for Citizen Voting, formed by three Republican former state lawmakers, has met the requirements to place an initiative on the ballot seeking to add a single word to a state law that already requires Alaska voters to be U.S. citizens.

Federal law doesn't mandate minimum amounts of logging in Alaska's Tongass rainforest, judge says →

A federal judge in Alaska has rejected a lawsuit that sought to reinstate a management plan that would allow heavier logging in the world's largest temperate old-growth rainforest. (via Alaska Beacon)

Mat-Su Assembly overrides veto, advances data center-related partnership →

Members of the assembly voted to override a mayoral veto and move forward with a plan to help a private company find a partner to build a large data center or other high-tech facility on borough-owned land. (via Mat-Su Sentinel)

In other political news

Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream soldier. She's made with AI. →

States seek to unmask federal immigration agents — and their own police →

Trump-Netanyahu rift widens over potential end game in Iran →

Republicans are ramping up verbal attacks on Muslims — and getting rewarded →

Resignation of counterterrorism official over Iran war reignites Republican rifts over antisemitism and Israeli influence →

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