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In divided Alaska, the choice is between paying for government or giving residents bigger oil wealth checks

  • Written by Paola Banchero, Associate Professor Journalism and Public Communications, University of Alaska Anchorage
Students protest Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's budget cuts at the University of Alaska, Anchorage campus.The Alaska Landmine, CC BY-SA

Alaskans will soon confront the dramatic effects of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes of US$444 million from the state operating budget of $8.3 billion, which went into effect July 1.

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