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We begin this Friday with a delay on a local procedural bummer for Valley weed growers, as the Mat-Su Assembly moved to postpone the most controversial subject on the docket: legislating for on-site consumption. Tim Rockey reports.

Then, in more positive weed news, contributor Robin Thompson profiles Stars Events, a breakout cannabis-themed event planning business that is sure to be a hit once tourism- and especially marijuana tourism- returns to Alaska.

Meanwhile, the impact of life under COVID continues to shake out, as the national average life expectancy for Americans drops by a full year. Of course, that's roughly from 79 to 78, so still good but you may want move up your retirement plan by a year.

Finally, new data on the gender pay gap shows Alaska more closely aligning with the national average- and slightly above for three of the last four years. Still, the data suggests women in Alaska continue to earn an average four dollars for every five a man in Alaska makes.

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Mat-Su Assembly postpones marijuana facility regulation

The Mat-Su Borough Assembly again voted to postpone the most controversial issue before the body on Tuesday, after a motion from Assemblyman Tim Hale to postpone Ordinance 21-017 indefinitely with direction to return as two separate ordinances.

Alaska women’s to men’s earnings ratio near national average

In 2019, Alaska women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $878, or 80.0 percent of the $1,097 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.…

The COVID-19 death toll sent U.S. life expectancy plunging in 2020

Life expectancy in the United States plunged in the first half of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold.

Dress up, Spark up: Welcome to the brave new world of cannabis-themed events

Forget the fear, the shame, the taboo — it’s time to celebrate your love of the bud in your next special event.

AK Concerts: Upcoming shows in Alaska

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Clearing the air with the Recall Allard group

The administrators behind the Recall Jamie Allard group reached out last week and asked if I'd be interested in a Q&A as they're looking to educate the public and counter the misinformation being spread on social media about the recall…

Dunleavy declines to extend health emergency, creating regulatory uncertainties for health care providers

Gov. Mike Dunleavy declined requests from legislators and health care providers to order a 30-day extension of a state health care emergency declaration that expired late Saturday.

City Wilds: The push to better control Anchorage’s dogs—and their humans

I had only a vague awareness of the push to more stringently control Anchorage’s epidemic of unleashed and unruly dogs until early February, when word began to spread widely via social media and other means. For instance word of mouth.

Mat-Su Assembly postpones marijuana facility regulation

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Joey Diaz, born February 19, 1963

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