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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska’s News Source, Alaska Public Media, and KTOO are hosting a debate featuring all four gubernatorial candidates — Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Republican Charlie Pierce, Democrat Les Gara and nonpartisan former Gov. Bill Walker.
Mike Dunleavy: “The $3,200 plus dividend that was issued to Alaskans in some of the worst economic times. I worked hard for that and other legislators worked really hard on that.” Bill Walker: “I have said publicly and in writing that I will veto any legislation that comes between any woman and their doctor,” Walker said. “There’s more we can do. We can certainly file legislation for contraception prescriptions to go up to a year.”Charlie Pierce: “I too support police officers in the communities in rural Alaska. I think we need more troopers on a regular basis in communities,” Pierce said.
do not support raising the allocation,” Pierce said. “I think it’s ultimately more of a school board issue.” Les Gara: “It’s time we start treating rural Alaskans equally again. These are the first Alaskans and we do not treat them equally,” Gara said. “We need to decrease them, we need to end 1.2 billion dollars in unjustified oil company subsidies.”
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