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3 days ago · Louisiana’s Mike Johnson elected U.S. House speaker by GOP in cliff-hanger vote BY: Jennifer Shutt, Ariana Figueroa and Shauneen Miranda - January 3, 2025 WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Friday elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as their speaker for the 119th Congress, following weeks of speculation about whether the GOP would begin another protracted, public dispute over leadership.
Task force report identifies ways to make child care more available …
5 days ago · Children's coats hang in a hallway at Hillcrest Childcare Center in Anchorage o n April 18. The second and final report of a child care task force holds recommendations for expanding subsidies that families receive, speeding the caregiver licensing and hiring process and other steps intended to address the state's shortage of affordable child care.
'We're not heading in the right direction': A Q&A with Murkowski …
4 days ago · Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski wanted to talk. I heard from her spokesman earlier this week, and we set up a time for a call. Murkowski said she’d read my commentary about the skyrocketing price of health insurance on the individual marketplace in Alaska, and had some thoughts to share.
Regulators, advocates warn of utility inaction as Alaska gas …
6 days ago · State regulators and advocates say they’re growing increasingly concerned about urban Alaska’s energy supply as the region’s utilities hurtle toward a shortfall in local natural gas as soon as 2027 — without a clear plan to replace it. …
Alaska chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats …
Nov 20, 2024 · Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system survived, while Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich defeated Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, according to the unofficial results released on Wednesday.
Alaska voters favor minimum wage hike, sick leave mandate, with …
Nov 6, 2024 · Alaska voters favored a ballot measure backed by labor unions by a margin of 12.46 percentage points with roughly 70% of the ballots counted early Wednesday.
What carbon capture and storage is, and what it might mean for …
5 days ago · The Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is planning to host two town hall meetings on Jan. 22 in Anchorage and Jan. 23 in Kenai to share information and answer audience questions on carbon capture and storage. Alaska Resource Education will be onsite, offering ...
Dire condition of Alaska’s seafood industry has many causes and …
Nov 19, 2024 · In a panel discussion at last week’s Resource Development Council for Alaska annual conference in Anchorage, Bundrant pointed to the recently announced Russian decision to increase its allowable catch of pollock by 7% to 2.46 million metric tons. The Russian quota decision ran counter to advice from some scientists and pleas from some Russian fishing groups worried about low prices in a ...
With Alaska outmigration continuing, community members …
Sep 9, 2024 · Some of the most recent analysis reveals that population loss in Alaska’s largest city appears to be driven by military personnel reductions, according to a new analysis in Alaska Economic Trends, the monthly magazine of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s research division.. The outflow of Anchorage residents over the last 14 years has largely been driven by reductions at ...