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    "headline": "Anchorage Roads Just Lost Millions",
    "deck": "Five Anchorage roadway projects were stripped of funding after the state reallocated $18.7 million away from local road work.",
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    "body_md": "Five Anchorage roadway projects lost their funding after the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities reallocated $18.7 million away from local road work, according to the Anchorage Daily News. The Anchorage Assembly has raised concerns about the decision, which affects corridors across the city where safety upgrades had been planned.\n\nThe funding cut leaves long-planned safety improvements off the table at a time when pedestrian crashes and fatalities have been climbing, particularly on high-traffic corridors that Anchorage residents use every day.\n\nAssembly members said some of the affected projects were specifically designed to slow traffic down and make street crossings safer for pedestrians and cyclists.\n\nThe state says the money is being redirected to other parts of Alaska as DOT reshuffles its priorities statewide. For Anchorage commuters and walkers, the result is a longer wait for upgrades while the dangerous stretches in question remain unchanged.",
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    "summary": "Alaska DOT reallocated $18.7 million away from five Anchorage road projects, stripping funding for planned safety upgrades on corridors with rising pedestrian crashes and fatalities. Anchorage Assembly members objected, saying the money is being redirected to other parts of Alaska under statewide DOT priorities.",
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        "q": "How many Anchorage road projects lost funding?"
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        "a": "The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities reshuffled priorities statewide, redirecting the money elsewhere in Alaska.",
        "q": "Who took the money from Anchorage roads?"
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