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    "deck": "Your paycheck math changes on July 1, and here's exactly how much.",
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    "body_md": "Alaska's minimum wage rises from $13 an hour to $14 starting July 1, 2026, under a ballot measure voters approved in 2024, affecting workers across Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, Fairbanks, and other communities statewide.\n\nThe increase works out to about a 7.5 percent raise, outpacing the roughly 4 percent rise in the cost of living in Anchorage this year, meaning paychecks are growing faster than prices for the first time in a while.\n\nThe same ballot measure raises the minimum wage again to $15 an hour in July 2027. After that increase, the wage floor will adjust automatically to keep pace with inflation.\n\nTips do not count toward the state minimum wage, so tipped workers still receive the full base wage in addition to tips. Alaska law also requires school bus drivers to be paid at least double the state minimum wage.\n\nThe federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since 2009, and 20 states still use that federal floor as their own minimum. Alaska's wage sits well above that level.\n\nIn Nome, a group of students is organizing a push to raise their city's minimum wage to as much as $25 an hour, a local measure separate from the statewide increase.",
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      "The raise is about 7.5 percent, versus roughly 4 percent cost-of-living growth in Anchorage this year.",
      "The minimum wage rises again to $15 an hour in July 2027, then adjusts automatically for inflation.",
      "Tips do not count toward the minimum wage, and Alaska school bus drivers must be paid at least double the state minimum.",
      "The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009, and 20 states still use that rate.",
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        "q": "How much will Alaska's minimum wage increase after 2026"
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        "q": "Do tips count toward Alaska's minimum wage"
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        "a": "Students in Nome are organizing a push for a local measure to raise their city's minimum wage to as much as 25 dollars an hour, separate from the statewide increase.",
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