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Treg Taylor
14:57 - 15:13
"North Slope poverty rate, 50 to 12%. And then life expectancy, we've seen the life expectancy grow by 12 years since, since we had the developments in the 1980s on the North Slope."
“North Slope poverty rate, 50 to 12%. And then life expectancy, we've seen the life expectancy grow by 12 years since, since we had the developments in the 1980s on the North Slope.”
- Speaker
- Treg Taylor
- Timestamp
- 14:57 – 15:13
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- September 18, 2026
From the transcript
That's huge. Think about the hope that all of those families received, right? Because there was opportunity. North Slope poverty rate, 50 to 12%. And then life expectancy, we've seen the life expectancy grow by 12 years since, since we had the developments in the 1980s on the North Slope.
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