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    "deck": "Alaska's 2026 jobs forecast outlines which industries are expected to grow or contract across Anchorage, the Mat Su, Fairbanks, and Southeast.",
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    "body_md": "Alaska's 2026 jobs forecast shows uneven growth across the state, with Anchorage, the Mat Su, Fairbanks, and Southeast all heading in slightly different directions depending on industry.\n\nHealth care, construction, and some service jobs are expected to keep growing, sectors tied closely to population growth, housing, and infrastructure needs, especially in Southcentral and the Interior. That growth affects where job opportunities show up for workers and where businesses and developers may see rising demand for housing and services.\n\nOther areas of the state are expected to cool off. Some government and resource related roles are projected to stay flat or shrink, which matters most in regions that rely heavily on those jobs.\n\nAnchorage and the Mat Su continue to act like economic magnets for growth, while Fairbanks stays closely linked to military and state activity.\n\nThe forecast does not lock anything in, but it does shape how people plan moves, careers, and investments for the year ahead.",
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      "Health care, construction, and some service jobs are expected to keep growing.",
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        "q": "Where is job growth expected to slow?"
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        "q": "Does the forecast guarantee these trends will happen?"
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