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网页5 天之前 · BY: Amanda Hernández - October 7, 2024. Violent crime and property crime in the United States dropped in 2023, continuing a downward trend following higher rates of crime during the pandemic, according to the FBI’s latest national crime report. Murders and intentional manslaughter, known as non-negligent manslaughter, fell by 11.6% from 2022.
Rural Alaska’s energy challenges were at the center of a revived ...
网页2 天之前 · I just returned from helping to host the Rural Energy Conference, where the Alaska Municipal League collaborated with the Denali Commission, Southeast Conference, and University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Alaska Center for Energy and Power to bring it back after a six-year hiatus.The energy and enthusiasm of the 500 attendees, many of whom had participated in prior conferences, was palpable.
At U.S. House debate in Kodiak, candidates differ on future of …
网页3 天之前 · A two-hour debate on Alaska fisheries issues turned contentious in its final moments as Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich criticized incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola over an ad stating that a Begich victory would mean “our fish are gone.”. The exchange was the lone heated issue between the two frontrunners in Alaska’s U.S. House election, which will decide one of only a ...
Stress, other risk factors associated with poorer health among …
网页3 天之前 · Alaska adults coping with stress, isolation, housing insecurity or other social or economic problems were much more likely to be in poor health than those who do not face such risks, said a new report issued by the state Department of Health.. The findings, from surveys done in 2022 through a survey known as the Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, were summarized in a two-page ...
Alaska ranked choice voting repeal effort outraised a hundredfold ...
网页1 天前 · A group opposing the ranked choice voting repeal initiative, No on 2, has raised more than $12 million, according to its latest financial disclosure with the Alaska Department of Elections. Phillip Izon II, whose campaign to repeal the state’s open primary and ranked voice voting system raised ...
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网页2024年10月4日 · BY: James Brooks - September 25, 2024. Alaska’s three members of Congress joined a majority of the House and Senate in voting to approve a budgetary resolution that averts a government shutdown until at least December. Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, joined the House in voting 341-82 to …
Alaska’s U.S. House candidates face each other three times in three ...
网页5 天之前 · Because the Alaska Federation of Natives canceled its U.S. House forum, Alaska’s two main U.S. House candidates are scheduled to participate in only five face-to-face meetings during the general election. One has already taken place. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Begich, Howe and Peltola are scheduled to participate in the Kodiak Chamber of …
Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong
网页May 10, 2024 7:14 pm. The Talkeetna spur road leading into community’s downtown district is seen on March 9, 2024, with Denali and other Alaska Range mountains in the backdrop. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) On Saturday, the Alaska Beacon will mark the second anniversary of its May 11, 2022, launch. Just like this week, the launch week ...
Alaska minimum wage set to increase in new year; additional hikes ...
网页2023年11月17日 · Alaska’s minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1, 2024 from $10.85 to $11.73 an hour, in accordance with a law put in place by a 2014 citizen initiative, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced.. The law mandates regular increases in the minimum wage to match inflation rates as determined by the Consumer Price Index in Anchorage.