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Drop the hysteria: AIDEA reform package has real potential

Dermot Cole - January 29, 2026

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Adam Crum blasted for ‘overall lack of diligence’ on handling $225 million in savings

Dermot Cole - January 21, 2026

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.

AIDEA made its $50 million gasline study pledge before getting legislative approval

Environment Dermot Cole - December 30, 2024

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation can’t find a private company willing to pay $50 million for the final design and engineering work on a proposed gas pipeline unless there is a pledge to get that money back from the state.

Scores of Alaskans face another eye-watering spike in their health care costs next year. Does anyone care?

Commentary Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal - December 26, 2024

Premiums for Alaska health insurance plans on the federal marketplace have spiked more than 50% over the past three years.

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