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Iris Samuels

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Iris Samuels

    Trump to announce South Korean investment in Alaska natural gas pipeline (opens the original)

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    President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to announce a commitment by South Korea to invest $54 billion in a liquefied natural gas pipeline in Alaska, a White House official said. White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said Trump will “announce major energy infrastructure investments that deliver on his day one promises to unleash American energy and unlock Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential.” The expected announcement comes as Glenfarne, a privately held company that owns a m

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Iris Samuels

    Should Alaska scrap its election system? 2 Anchorage attorneys have competing answers. (opens the original)

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    Anchorage resident Bob Butera is a nonpartisan voter — one of more than 381,000 such voters in Alaska. Before 2022, Butera regularly faced an election year conundrum: which partisan primary ballot to pick? “I want to choose a Republican in one race and maybe a Democrat in another,” Butera said. “I was prevented from doing that.” Under a system that had been used for decades, Republican candidates were on one primary ballot while Democrats were on another. But when Alaskans adopted an e

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Iris Samuels

    Alaska to launch second funding round for Rural Health Transformation Program (opens the original)

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    This story was produced through the USC Center for Health Journalism’s 2026 National Fellowship. The Alaska Department of Health is preparing to accept applications for the second year of a federal program intended to transform rural healthcare, even as the state has yet to finish distributing the first round of funding it received. The Rural Health Transformation Program, created last year through federal legislation, is intended to distribute $50 billion over five years across the U.S. Alask

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Iris Samuels

    Gov. Dunleavy quietly lifts hiring freeze as Alaska gubernatorial candidates criticize staffing woes (opens the original)

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy has lifted a monthslong hiring freeze that he imposed on state agencies, on the same day that Republican gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson called for the freeze to be lifted. Dunleavy is in his final months in office after nearly eight years as governor. He is termed out from seeking reelection. His tenure has been plagued by staffing challenges and vacancies that have hampered Alaska’s state agencies. Dunleavy issued the hiring freeze in May 2025, saying it was needed du

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Iris Samuels

    Bernadette Wilson tells Alaska campaign regulators she has no contact with clients of her garbage disposal company (opens the original)

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    Garbage disposal company owner Bernadette Wilson said in a sworn affidavit filed Monday that she has nothing to do with the company’s clients. The affidavit was submitted to the Alaska Public Offices Commission, which is set to determine whether Wilson should be required to list her company’s clients. Alaska law requires public officials and those who seek public office to disclose all sources of income above $1,000. A candidate who owns a business must disclose its clients, only if the cand

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