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    Articles by Peter Segall
    Lawmakers will return to the Alaska State Capitol, seen here on Sept. 24, for a fourth special session. Gov. Mike Dunleavy's office confirmed the start date of the next session will be changed from a Friday to a Monday. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Next special session to begin Monday, not Friday
    By Peter Segall • September 29, 2021 2:30 am

    Fourth special session.

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    The doors of the Alaska State Capitol were open Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, though the Alaska State Legislature was not in session. They will be soon, however, as Gov. Mike Dunleavy has called a fourth special session of the year. Lawmakers receive a per diem for days in session, and with so many special sessions those costs can add up. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Per diem for special sessions? It’s up to...
    By Peter Segall • September 29, 2021 2:30 am

    They have options.

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This screenshot of the Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 cases dashboard shows the alert level in communities in Southeast Alaska. Red areas are at a high alert level and based on more than 100 cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period. Yellow areas are at a moderate risk level based on 10-50 cases per 100,000 people over a week. Blue areas are at a low level based on 10 or fewer cases per 100,000.
    Some Southeast communities see COVID cases rise
    By Peter Segall • September 29, 2021 2:30 am

    Mitigation in place.

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    Alaskans with GCI Communications email accounts reported having trouble signing up for a free credit monitor service being offered by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, their Juneau offices seen here in this Jan. 13, 2021, file photo, in the wake of a data breach. GCI said Tuesday the issue should be resolved soon. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
    GCI working to fix issues registering for credit...
    By Peter Segall • September 29, 2021 2:30 am

    Some email accounts had trouble signing up for free post-data breach service.

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    A proposal from the Alaska Redistricting Board would substantially change Juneau's legislative districts. One of the latest proposals, seen here, would put parts of Auke Bay and the Mendenhall Valley in the same district as downtown Juneau and Douglas Island. The Northern Lynn Canal communities of Haines, Skagway and Kluckwan would be placed in the same district as the Mendenhall Valley. (Courtesy image / Alaska Redistricting Board)
    Hitting the road: Redistricting maps to be shown...
    By Peter Segall • September 22, 2021 5:30 am

    Redistricting roadshow.

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    From left to right:Miakah Nix, Daniel Ashenfelter, Shawn Merry and Conrad Revey, members of the Keex' Kwaan Community Forest Partnership, one of the many existing programs set to benefit from the trust. The Keex'Kwaan Community Forest Partnership and the Hoonah Native Forest Partnership are collaborative land management programs and are helping to define what community land management can look like for Southeast Alaska. These partnerships help develop a local workforce for natural resource careers including through the Alaska Youth Stewards program which targets high school-aged Alaskans. Programs work with private, state, and federal land managers to ensure that local priorities, local employment, and Indigenous values are integrated into the treatment of local lands and waters. (Courtesy photo / Bethany Goodrich)
    New fund established for Indigenous-led development
    By Peter Segall • September 22, 2021 2:30 am

    Funding into the future.

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    Alaskans pick up and turn in Permanent Fund Dividend applications at the Department of Revenue office in the State Office Building in March 2011. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
    Dividend payments expected in 30 days
    By Peter Segall • September 22, 2021 2:30 am

    The bill passed, when do you get a check or deposit?

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    Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum address the House Finance Committee on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Crum on Thursday discussed a cyber attack that had compromised Alaskans' information. Crum said because of an ongoing criminal investigation the entity responsible for the attack and the exact information compromised could not be revealed. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
    State offers free credit monitoring following data breach
    By Peter Segall • September 22, 2021 2:30 am

    Beginning Sept. 27.

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    Senate Majority Leader Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, right, speaks with Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, and Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, during a floor debate in the Alaska Senate over vaccine mandates on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Vaccine mandate debate roils Alaska
    By Peter Segall • September 15, 2021 6:30 am

    Mandate minefield.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy, seen here at a Aug. 16, news conference, announced Thursday he was filing suit against the Biden administration for an Environmental Protection Agency decision to potentially protect Bristol Bay waters under the Clean Water Act. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
    Gov criticizes Biden admin over Bristol Bay review
    By Peter Segall • September 15, 2021 5:30 am

    Ready for litigation.

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    Senators converse during an At Ease in a floor session of the Alaska State Senate on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Senators passed a budget bill with a Permanent Fund Dividend of $1,100, but there's disagreement over the fund sources that may lead to legal action. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Senate passes budget bill, $1,100 PFD hours before...
    By Peter Segall • September 15, 2021 2:30 am

    Next stop: The governor’s desk.

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    A bill aimed at helping Alaska's hospitals died Monday after provisions were added by lawmakers barring vaccine mandates. In this file photo, a nurse holds a phial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy’s Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020.  (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
    Bill aimed at helping hospitals stalls after anti-mandate...
    By Peter Segall • September 15, 2021 2:30 am

    Distracting debate.

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    State Rep. Sara Hannan, D-Juneau, participate's in an October 2020 march and rally in Juneau. Hannan on Monday apologized for comments made during a state House of Representatives floor session in which she suggested Nazi medical experiments led to gained knowledge. ((Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
    Hannan apologizes for Nazi experiment comments
    By Peter Segall • September 15, 2021 2:30 am

    State rep calls her remarks “incorrect, insensitive and hurtful.”

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