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    Articles by Peter Segall
    Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, seen here in this June 16, 2021, file photo, announced Wednesday he will not seek relelection in the Alaska State Senate, where he has served since 2013. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
    Senate president says he won’t run again
    By Peter Segall • May 25, 2022 5:30 am

    “Honor and a privilege.”

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    Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum, speaks at a news conference with Gov. Mike Dunleavy about the state's efforts to combat the increase in drug overdoses driven by the synthetic opioid fentanyl, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Screenshot)
    Dunleavy announces efforts to combat fentanyl crisis
    By Peter Segall • May 4, 2022 6:30 am

    More avenues to get help.

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    The Alaska House of Representatives passed the state's operating and mental health budget bills on Saturday, April 9, 2022, after a week of marathon floor sessions tackling amendments. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    House passes operating, mental health budgets, fails to...
    By Peter Segall • April 13, 2022 5:30 am

    On to the Senate.

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    Peter Segall / Juneau Empire
Alaska Rep. Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, left, and Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, right, escort U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, into the chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives for her annual address to lawmakers on Tuesday.
    Murkowski: Good things can come together with bipartisanship
    By Peter Segall • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    Senator talks working across the aisle in annual address.

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    Copies of the Alaska State Constitution are available outside the lieutenant governor's office on the third floor of the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Constitutional convention could change everything, or nothing
    By Peter Segall • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    This article appears in the Juneau Empire’s Guide to the 2022 Alaska State Legislature.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to the Alaska Municipal League and Alaska Conference of Mayors winter meeting at Centennial Hall on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The governor gave a presentation on the state finances which included a slide referencing the disagreements with his proposals some lawmakers were likely to have. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Dunleavy touts state finances, bond plan to municipal...
    By Peter Segall • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    Bills and bonds.

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    Senate Finance Committee members Sens. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, and Natasha Von Imhof, R-Anchorage, listen to public testimony for bills related to the Permanent Fund Dividend on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. The majority of callers accused lawmakers of stealing PFD money. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    PFD formula proposals provoke strong public reaction
    By Peter Segall • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    Familiar arguments.

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    A student walks across the campus of the University of Alaska Southeast in this Feb. 4, 2021 file photo. An Anchorage Superior Court ruled Thursday against a group of UA students who had sued the state over funding for higher education scholarship programs. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
    Students appeal Superior Court ruling on higher education...
    By Peter Segall • February 22, 2022 2:30 am

    Supreme Court to weigh in.

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    State Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson, an Anchorage Democrat, filed her paperwork on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022 at the Division of Elections offices in Juneau, to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Lisa Murkowski. Gray-Jackson, a Democrat, is the first from her party to enter the race and the first Black woman to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Alaska. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Democratic state senator files to unseat Murkowski
    By Peter Segall • February 16, 2022 5:30 am

    “Alaskans have a choice now.”

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    Members of the House Committee of Military and Veterans' Affairs heard testimony on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, on the far-right militia group the Oath Keepers amid public pressure to take disciplinary action against Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, who is a member of the group. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    House committee hears testimony on far-right organization
    By Peter Segall • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    ‘A distraction.’

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    Gubernatorial candidate Les Gara, right, announced as his running mate Jessica Cook, left, an Eagle River school teacher, at a news conference in Anchorage on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (Courtesy photo / Erin Kirkland)
    Gara announces running mate in gubernatorial race
    By Peter Segall • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    A shared vision.

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    Black soldiers of Company L, 24th Infantry, famously known as "Buffalo Soldiers," parade on 5th Avenue in Skagway, between Broadway and State streets, in front of the Daily Budget newspaper on July 4, 1899. A recent book from a University of Alaska Anchorage history professor traces the long history of Black Americans in Alaska. (Courtesy image / Alaska's Digital Archives)
    Book traces over 150 years of Black history...
    By Peter Segall • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    Before the gold rush.

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    The entrance to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services building in downtown Juneau on Jan. 14, 2021. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has twice proposed splitting the department using an executive order, but the Division of Legislative Legal Services has raised issues with the most recent order. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
    Legal memo cites issues with order to split...
    By Peter Segall • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    Length and breadth.

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    Rep. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, seen here on Feb. 7, 2022, announced Thursday he was running to fill the Alaska State Senate seat soon to be vacated by Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson who's announced a bid for the U.S. Senate. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Anchorage rep announces bid for open Senate seat
    By Peter Segall • February 15, 2022 2:30 am

    A larger audience.

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    Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file
In this Empire file photo, the MV Tazlina heads in to dock in Juneau. The federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation is poised to bring a lot of money to Alaska for things like ferries, but when and how much isn’t yet known as many of the programs are new.
    Amount of infrastructure bill money coming to the...
    By Peter Segall • February 9, 2022 6:30 am

    Guidelines are forthcoming.

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    Senators Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, and Tom Begich, D-Anchorage, spoke with reporters in Begich's office at the Alaska State Capitol on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, about their thoughts on the current legislative session. The senators said there were reasons to be optimistic about meaningful progress even with the full plate before the Legislature. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    ‘Work, actual work’ is underway in the state...
    By Peter Segall • February 9, 2022 5:30 am

    It may take a special session.

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