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The Juneau Pioneers’ Home on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Rate increases raise questions about pioneers’ homes’ future

Will elders age in place?

People rally outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the case of President Trump’s decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Here’s where Alaska’s Congressional delegation stands on DACA

Alaska has some of the fewest Dreamers.

With a nod to Trump, BLM to hold annual sale of oil lands

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With a nod to Trump, BLM to hold annual sale of oil lands

Half the money goes to the state.

In this file photo, Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson describes four new crimes bills at a press conference with Gov. Mike Dunleavy, left, and Alaska State Troopers at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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‘The status quo stays in place’: State’s attempt to change union dues collection is stalled in court

The fight goes on.

Recall Dunleavy application denied by Department of Law

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Recall Dunleavy application denied by Department of Law

Department says application is ‘both factually and legally insufficient.’

Gov. Mike Dunleavy with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One in June. (Courtesy photo | White House photographer)

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Trump tweets in support of Dunleavy, says Democrats are attacking governor

“He is doing an unbelievable job.”

Students at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s nursing program. (Courtesy photo | Premera Blue Cross)

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Pledge gives $5.7 million to improve rural health care

Alaska grown health care.

In this file photo, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2109. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Murkowski writes bill to address domestic violence in rural Alaska

Tribes lauded the bill.

Lemon Creek Correctional Center pictured on April 13, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska prisoners to be sent out of state

Prisons are almost at capacity.

The Tongass National Forest sign on the way to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Politicians praise, conservationists condemn effort to amend Roadless Rule

It’s about politics

In this Empire file photo, University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen, left, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire in April 2016. Attending the interview with Johnsen is University of Alaska Southeast Chancellor Rick Caulfield. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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No confidence vote, delay shake up University of Alaska

Consolidation backtrack.

SEITC Chair Rob Sanderson Jr., center, and Reuben George, of the Sacred Trust, Tsleil-Waututh Nation at the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission meeting at the Lummi Reservation in Ferndale, Wash. (Courtesy photo | Jeff Gibbs)

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Indigenous meeting declares ‘salmon emergency’

Meeting of tribes from US and Canada calls for action.

Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press LGBT supporters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday in Washington. The Supreme Court heard arguments in its first cases on LGBT rights since the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy was a voice for gay rights while his successor, Brett Kavanaugh, is regarded as more conservative.

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LGBT Alaskans closely watching US Supreme Court hearings

Ruling could change definition of workplace discrimination.

Recall campaign is ready for a fight

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Recall campaign is ready for a fight

Legal team has some heavy hitters.

Prescriptions drugs, vitamins, hormones, and other drugs left in the drug drop box in the lobby of the Juneau Police Department displayed on Thursday, Sept. 26. The drop box gives residents a safe place to disposed of their unused prescription narcotics. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opioid crisis still cuts deep in Alaska

Nearly 6 million pills in 6 years.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File In this Empire file photo, Rep. Josh Revak, R-Anchorage, listens to Kathryn Monfreda, bureau chief of the Department of Public Safety’s Division of Statewide Services, as she presents the Uniform Crime Reporting Annual Report to House members during an informational meeting at the Capitol on Feb. 5.

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Breaking: Gov wants third special session once Senate seat is filled

The session would be to allocate the remainder of the PFD.

In this Empire File photo, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, left, listens as Attorney General Kevin Clarkson describes three constitutional amendments that would be a foundation of his administration’s fiscal plan during a press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Governor Dunleavy announces executive order regarding union employee dues

Employess must opt in.

A downed spruce tree sits near the East Glacier Trail at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area in this June 2014 photo. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Judge blocks logging in the Tongass, for now

Old growth, new logging.

State files lawsuit against public employee union

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State files lawsuit against public employee union

State says its about First Amendment.

In this file photo from Jan. 29, Office of Management and Budget Director Donna Arduin presents the governor’s supplemental budget to the Senate Finance Committee at the Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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State’s budget director Arduin is out

New director to be named soon.