Alaska House postpones vote on state budget after slow-moving debates consume the weekend
May 5 By James Brooks The Alaska House of Representatives has postponed a key vote on Alaska’s state operating budget after Republican members objected to a schedule that would have cut off debate. The budget was removed from the desks of the 40-member House late…
3 Reasons Why the US Doesn’t Have a Coherent China Strategy
May 5 By Nick Danby Although in the last five or six years there seems to have emerged a so-called new consensus on China within the United States, particularly following the 2017 Trump administration’s National Security Strategy report, in reality there are still major disagreements…
Governor proposes land exchange for Alaska Native veterans
May 4 By Becky Bohrer Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday proposed letting Alaska Native Vietnam War veterans exchange promised federal land allotments that many say are not available in their cultural regions for state lands. Details would need to be worked out through the…
In a COVID World, America Is Divided Over Its Common Defense
May 4 By Alexandra Stark Just over a year into the marathon to get the novel coronavirus under control, many Americans are rightly asking when are we ever going to feel safe and secure again? The answer is as tricky as the question. Our sense…
Anchorage employers have jobs available, but few applicants, as the economy picks up. Where have workers gone?
May 3 By Alex DeMarban Business owners in Alaska say they’re seeing a rush of customers as COVID-19 restrictions ease. But there’s a problem. In what’s become a national trend, they say they can’t find enough workers to fully reopen, even though unemployment in the…
American Politics Now Has Two Big Racial Divides
May 3 By Perry Bacon Jr. There’s been a recent flurry of studies and analyses that take a deeper look at the results of the 2020 election. These examinations don’t contradict our early interpretation of the results from the days and weeks immediately following Election…
An Alaska woman says the FBI barged into her home searching for Nancy Pelosi’s laptop
May 2 By Taylor Ardrey An Alaska couple said the FBI searched their home looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop in a case of mistaken identity. Pelosi’s laptop was stolen during the Capitol insurrection on January 6, when Trump-supporting rioters stormed the building and…
Population shifts could have profound affect on US political map
May 2 By Suzanne Lynch In the end it came down to a shortage of just 89 residents. As the US Census Bureau reported its first batch of census figures this week, it emerged that New York state would lose a seat in Congress –…
ALFA selected for clean energy pilot project
May 1 By Zachary Snowdon Smith Federal energy officials are partnering with Sitka’s Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association, along with four rural Alaska communities, to look into clean energy solutions that would replace the high-cost fossil fuels used to power Alaska’s boats and heat its cities….
‘Is this Hinduphobia’? In US, Biden’s India ‘travel ban’ faces political headwinds
May 1 By Namita Kohli On Friday, US President Joe Biden released a presidential proclamation restricting travel from India to the US, citing “extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in India”. The ban is applicable to all non-citizens who have stayed in India…
Arctic Winter Games 2024 to be hosted in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
April 30 By Benjamin Freed The 2024 Arctic Winter Games will be held in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, says the Arctic Winter Games International Committee. The committee made the announcement in a news release on Thursday afternoon. The games are held every two years as a…
US creates tasks force to tackle ransomware security threat
April 30 By Abigail Williams Political hand-wringing in Washington over Russia’s hacking of federal agencies and interference in U.S. politics has mostly overshadowed a worsening digital scourge with a far broader wallop: crippling and dispiriting extortionary ransomware attacks by cybercriminal mafias that mostly operate in…