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His quest for the right candidate(s) to take over the newspaper stretched around the world, gathering more than 140 applicants from half a dozen countries. In early 2020 he selected two women from Alaska. The final transaction was done for $ 20 and
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He transitioned to public policy work in taxes, oil and gas and fiscal issues, working for state and municipal government, including time in the Alaska governor's
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Persily continued in journalism in Alaska, working for The
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2010–2015. The office was charged with coordinating federal agency responses to private-sector efforts to develop a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope to supply the North
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