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  "path": "/briefs/alaska-senate-advances-bill-granting-past-pfds-to-wrongfully-convicted-alaskans/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-13T21:39:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Government & Politics",
    "Justice",
    "dividends",
    "felony",
    "Permanent Fund dividend",
    "PFD",
    "Scott Kawasaki",
    "senate"
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  "textContent": "The Alaska Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that would grant back Permanent Fund dividends to Alaskans whose convictions are vacated, reversed or dismissed. Under current Alaska law, people who were sentenced or incarcerated as a result of a felony conviction or certain combinations of multiple misdemeanors forfeit their dividends that year and any following […]",
  "title": "Alaska Senate advances bill granting past PFDs to wrongfully convicted Alaskans"
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