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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
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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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Inside the Radio Stations Devastated by Public Funding Cuts
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Why Alaska’s recent 7.3 earthquake has caught the attention of scientists
Why Alaska’s recent 7.3 earthquake has caught the attention of scientists - Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s ...
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Public broadcasters in Alaska face a convergence of crises
Public broadcasters in Alaska are getting help from financial assistance programs due to the pandemic but still face an uncertain future amid the state’s long-standing fiscal challenges. Last year, ...
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Alaska Public Media to expand reach through acquisition of TV station ...
Alaska Public Media plans to expand its television broadcast service of south Anchorage through a proposed acquisition of KTVA from Alaska-based service provider GCI Communication Corp. The license ...