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Alaska state workers rally at the Capitol, calling for salary transparency and pension plan

Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon - February 17, 2025

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AIDEA nows says it doesn’t need $50 million for gas line study

Dermot Cole - February 13, 2025

Alaska Senate votes unanimously to reject automatic pay raises for themselves, governor and top political appointees

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - February 7, 2025

The first three weeks of Alaska’s legislative session have painted a grim picture of state spending.

After Biden signed Social Security changes, Alaska’s delegation is pleading with Trump to actually implement it

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - February 6, 2025

One of the final bills former President Joe Biden signed while in office was a long-awaited fix to boost the Social Security benefits of 15,000 public sector workers in Alaska.

The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets

Economy Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal - February 6, 2025

A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more profitable. But over the last 50 years, it has hollowed out many Indigenous coastal villages where residents no longer can earn a living by harvesting salmon.

Legislators take another run at lowering marijuana taxes

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - February 6, 2025

It’s been ten years since Alaska voters legalized recreational marijuana, but businesses say they have little to celebrate under the strain of a tax system.

Nearly 1,200 jobs in Alaska could be eliminated as Trump targets new hires

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - February 5, 2025

If rumors that Trump is soon planning a mass layoff of federal employees are true, Alaska could be in for a rude awakening.

After support poured in for school funding, Dunleavy takes talks behind closed doors

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - February 4, 2025

Negotiators from the Alaska Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy reportedly met today behind closed doors to discuss public education policy.

Yukon government warns that Trump tariffs will make Alaska life more expensive

Economy James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - February 3, 2025

China, Alaska’s biggest international trading partner, is also targeted by tariffs that are likely to trigger a trade war.

Murkowski calls Greenland an ‘ally, not an asset’ as Trump fixation deepens

Environment Matt Acuña Buxton - January 27, 2025

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump renewed his brazen call for the United States to buy or seize Greenland for its critical natural resources.

Independent Ky Holland brings entrepreneurial spirit to Juneau

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - January 17, 2025

With his fingerprints on more than 70 start-ups in Alaska, incoming Anchorage Rep. Ky Holland boasts many years of developing and promoting new businesses in the 49th state.

Oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids

Economy Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon - January 9, 2025

Gwich’in and environmental opponents celebrate the results, while state officials expect the incoming Trump administration to make it easier to drill in the refuge.

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