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网页4 天之前 · The Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. Our journalists fairly and fearlessly report on the people and interests that determine state policy. We’re part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
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网页2024年10月7日 · 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 …
What Alaska voters should know as they consider a repeal of open ...
网页3 天之前 · Alaska was the second state to adopt ranked choice voting in federal and statewide elections, but it may be the first to abandon it. A citizen’s initiative ballot measure that would repeal the state’s open primary and ranked choice voting system made it to the November ballot after legal challenges. As a result, Alaskans will be asked in Ballot Measure 2 to decide if they would like to ...
For Alaska’s leading U.S. House candidates, a grueling travel week …
网页2 天之前 · In three days, Alaska’s top two U.S. House candidates traveled more than 1,000 miles and appeared on stage in three high-stakes debates on the state’s most pressing federal issues. It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, they said. “It’s been very busy in terms of the media attention ...
Alaska’s seafood industry lost $1.8 billion last year, NOAA report …
网页3 天之前 · A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood industry to lose $1.8 billion from 2022 to 2023, a new federal report said. The array of economic and environmental challenges has devastated one of Alaska’s main industries, said the report, issued by the National ...
Stress, other risk factors associated with poorer health among …
网页6 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 ...
Expanded access to food stamps, health care becomes law in Alaska
网页2024年9月3日 · A maintenance worker cleans the front of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on April 2, 2024. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) More Alaskans will be eligible for food stamps and access to health care for school-age children and young adults will increase under a bill that became law without Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s signature on Aug. 30.
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 House approves marijuana tax reform, advancing bill to …
网页On Friday, the Alaska House of Representatives voted to change the state’s $50 per ounce marijuana tax to a 7% sales tax. If House Bill 119 is accepted by the Senate and Gov. Mike Dunleavy, it would impose Alaska’s first statewide sales tax. That pioneering concept troubled some legislators, but the bill still passed the House by a 36-3 vote.
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网页ABOUT US. Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. Alaska, like many states, has seen a decline in the coverage of state news. We aim to reverse that.