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Lyman Hoffman

1:12 - 1:38

“We have some of the highest costs. When you're paying $12 a gallon for a gallon of milk, $20 a gallon for heating fuel, and you have some of the lowest incomes in the state of Alaska. It's difficult. It's more difficult today than ever to make ends meet.”
Timestamp
1:12 – 1:38
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
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From the transcript

We are one Alaska, and that is the message I try to make each and every day when I'm in the legislature. We have some of the highest costs. When you're paying $12 a gallon for a gallon of milk, $20 a gallon for heating fuel, and you have some of the lowest incomes in the state of Alaska. It's difficult. It's more difficult today than ever to make ends meet.

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