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Murkowski delivers ‘tough love’ address to Alaska Legislature

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Murkowski spoke of a decade of outmigration and economic stagnation in Alaska. This was her first address to the Legislature as the senior member of the state's congressional delegation. The theme of her address seemed aimed at Republican lawmakers who are unwilling to solve the state’s fiscal crisis, except by shrinking government services.

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Murkowski delivers ‘tough love’ address to Alaska Legislature

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (Gavel Alaska staff/KTOO) U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski listed a string of accomplishments in her address Wednesday to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature, as she does every year. Murkowski spoke about the millions of dollars coming to the state from the federal infrastructure law, and from the Alaska-bound earmarks — “nearly three-quarters of a billion dolla…

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