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NBA reviewing Milwaukee Bucks’ deal with guard Gary Trent Jr. amid salary cap questions

The NBA is reviewing the Milwaukee Bucks’ reported four-year, $64 million contract with guard Gary Trent Jr. to determine whether the agreement violated league rules governing salary cap circumvention.ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that a league spokesperson confirmed the matter is being examined following widespread questions about the size and timing of Trent’s new contract, which came after he spent the past two seasons with Milwaukee on significantly smaller deals.The probe

Cincinnati Reds sign pitcher Chase Burns to 7-year, $105M extension

The Cincinnati Reds have secured one of baseball’s brightest young pitchers for the long term, agreeing to a seven-year, $105 million contract extension with right-hander Chase Burns. The $105 million guarantee matches the largest pitching contract in franchise history, equaling Homer Bailey’s previous mark.The deal, which runs through the 2033 season, contains no club options or deferred money and represents the largest guaranteed contract ever awarded to a pitcher with fewer than f

Brandi Carlile shares the song “Life On The Run” alongside National Parks Initiative

Brandi Carlile has released her latest single, “Life On The Run,” a collaboration written with Aaron Dessner and produced by Carlile, Dessner, and Andrew Watt. The song explores themes of self-reflection, freedom, and personal rediscovery.The release arrives alongside a new partnership between Carlile and the National Park Foundation aimed at helping preserve America’s national parks. The effort also involves Carlile’s Looking Out Foundation, with $1 from every ticket sold for next weekend’s Ech

Cole Swindell celebrates 10 years of ‘You Should Be Here’ with special vinyl release

A decade after its debut, Cole Swindell is revisiting one of the most meaningful milestones of his career. His second studio album, You Should Be Here, originally released on May 6, 2016, is getting a 10th Anniversary Limited Edition vinyl release to commemorate its lasting impact.The project proved to be a major breakthrough for Swindell, earning Platinum certification and generating a string of hits that dominated country radio. Among them were three consecutive No. 1 singles: “Middle of

Jason Derulo shares “Sexy For Me” remix featuring Kevin Gates

Jason Derulo is building on his recent success with a remix of his single “Sexy For Me,” this time teaming up with Kevin Gates. The track continues to gain traction, steadily moving up the Top 40 charts.The song’s popularity has been fueled in part by its viral rise on TikTok, where it has racked up more than 120 million views. Streaming numbers are also strong, with millions of plays across Spotify and Apple Music, along with significant viewership on YouTube. On radio, the single quickly gaine

Unite Sunday Morning Service

Unite Church in Anchorage Alaska. 2025 Weekly Sunday Services at 9:30 & 11:30 AM Alaska local time.

Ice Nine Kills set largest-ever headlining concert at London’s O2 Arena

Ice Nine Kills have announced the largest headlining show of their career, revealing plans to bring their theatrical horror-metal spectacle to London’s O2 Arena on March 28, 2027. The concert will serve as the U.K. stop on the band’s upcoming “March in Silence” tour and follows the group’s recent appearance on the main stage at Download Festival.The Boston-based group said the O2 performance will feature the most elaborate production in its history. Frontman Spencer Charnas said the band is eage

Olivia Rodrigo to launch women-led ‘Daisy Chain Fields Festival’ ft. Stevie Nicks, Doechii & more

Olivia Rodrigo has announced the Daisy Chain Fields Festival, a new one-day music festival featuring an all-women and female-fronted lineup across musical genres that includes Stevie Nicks, Chappell Roan, KATSEYE, Doechii, Mitski, Garbage, Bikini Kill and The Breeders. The event is scheduled for Aug. 29 at Great Park in Irvine, California, and marks the singer’s latest effort to combine music with philanthropy. Produced by C3 Presents and Live Nation, the festival also will feature special guest

Olivia Rodrigo to launch women-led ‘Daisy Chain Fields Festival’ ft. Stevie Nicks, Doechii & more

After governor’s veto threat, Alaska House votes down tax break for proposed natural gas pipeline

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a press conference with members of the Republican House and Senate minority caucuses on July 16, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)The Alaska House of Representatives on Thursday voted down a multibillion-dollar tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline project. Glenfarne LLC, the project’s lead developer, has said the tax break is necessary for it to obtain financing from banks and equity investors. The Alaska Senate voted 11-8 to approv

ICE arrests and detains Alaska state attorney

The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, which is one of the largest immigrant detention facilities in the western U.S. (Grace Deng/Washington State Standard)U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an Alaska state attorney in Anchorage and is holding him in an ICE detention facility in Washington state, according to an agency spokesperson. Shucheng Yang, a 32-year-old Chinese national, was arrested in Anchorage on July 10.“Yang violated the terms of his admission and is a deport

Dunleavy calls yet another special session on gasline debacle

“The next two months are going to be some of the most exciting months in Alaska’s history,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said on November 29, 2025 at a Republican fund-raiser in Fairbanks.“I’m not making that up. I wouldn’t stick my neck out to say something stupid.”“So December a updated economic study of the pipe will be done. I talk with Glenfarne every week. I talk with the president and his people often. Everyone is excited about where this pipeline is gonna go. In terms of it’s gonna happen.”“And th

Close the Hilcorp loophole today—save jobs and the PFD

Alaskans have had plenty of time to understand the Hilcorp loophole and how to plug it.The compromise gas line bill up in the Legislature today would do the job. Ignore the moaning and groaning from Hilcorp and the members of the oil company mutual aid and benevolent society.Here is the Anchorage Daily News coverage of the revised bill.Republican members of the Legislature are pretending that no one has studied or analyzed this matter, which is not true. The gridlock in state government, enabled

Alaska’s economic development agency plans a Mat-Su industrial park, with data centers

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority could acquire a 30-square-mile parcel of state land in the Mat-Su. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal)Alaska’s economic development agency is envisioning a new industrial park with data centers and a freight hub on a 30-square-mile parcel of state land just north of the thinly settled city of Houston, in the Mat-Su region some 60 road miles north of Anchorage.The state Department of Natural Resources last week proposed transferring th

Alaska Senate ‘protections’ are a poison pill that could kill the state’s energy future

The entrance to the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.'s Anchorage office is seen on Aug. 11, 2023. The state-owned AGDC is pushing for a massive project that would ship natural gas south from the North Slope, liquefy it and send it on tankers from Cook Inlet to Asian markets. The AGDC proposal is among many that have been raised since the 1970s to try commercialize the North Slope's stranded natural gas. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)When it comes to developing Alaska’s private-sector ener

Democrats have a shot at flipping state legislatures across the country

Iowa Democrats flipped two state Senate seats in special elections last year to break the GOP supermajority there. With momentum growing nationally, Democrats are looking to expand seats in Iowa’s upper chamber and break the House supermajority in November. (Photo by Kathie Obradovich/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Following a string of special election victories, Democrats have a path to flip several Republican-held legislative chambers and break GOP supermajorities in states across the country this Nov

US House Republicans take ‘first step’ toward dismantling Department of Education

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building pictured on Nov. 25, 2024. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A major legislative package that would put into law President Donald Trump’s push to greatly reduce the responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Education advanced out of a U.S. House panel on Wednesday. The U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce approved — nearly along party lines — each of the package’s 10 bills that would permanently transfer

Alaska House Republicans call to adopt clean gasline bill to safeguard energy security for Railbelt

The caucus is urging focus on House Bill 381 to secure reliable and affordable energy for the Railbelt

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