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WEBSep 27, 2024 — ABOUT US. 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.
Alaska legislative panel bans large signs in the state Capitol after ...
WEB10 hours ago — Alaska legislators have voted to ban large signs in the state Capitol, a move that followed large protests over Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s decision to veto a multipart education bill. Under a new policy, visitors to the Capitol “are permitted to hand-carry a paper-based poster board or placard type ...
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WEB1 day ago — BY: Yereth Rosen - September 30, 2024. Opponents of the planned Donlin Gold mine in Western Alaska won a key victory on Monday when a federal judge ruled that regulators who granted a permit needed to build the project failed to properly consider the risks of a catastrophic release of mine waste. U.S. …
Alaska’s drug-overdose deaths hit a grim record in 2023, a state …
WEB14 hours ago — Alaska had a record number of drug-overdose deaths in 2023, with a total that was 44.5% higher than in 2022, the state Department of Health said in a report issued this week. The 2023 drug-overdose toll was 357, a number determined through the department’s data on deaths and diseases, the report ...
In Alaska’s local elections, a cruise ship limit fails, races are close ...
WEB2 days ago — Election 2024 In Alaska’s local elections, a cruise ship limit fails, races are close, and Santa Claus returns Opponents of Juneau’s ‘Ship-free Saturdays’ ballot measure, including Disney, spent more than $1 million to defeat the initiative
How Alaska regulators ignored a gas conservation scheme
WEB3 days ago — But to the advocates who proposed the natural gas conservation scheme, there was one clear takeaway: The order made just one passing reference to their proposal, and, they say, it ignored a state law that requires the commission, when setting electricity rates, to “promote the conservation of resources” used to generate power.
Government & Politics Archives • Alaska Beacon
WEBSep 26, 2024 — 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 …
Federal departments announce about $280 million in funding for …
WEBJun 28, 2024 — Three departments of the U.S. government have announced they have awarded about $280 million in new funding for transportation and energy projects in Alaska, money made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In its announcement, the U.S. Department of …
Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong
WEBAndrew Kitchenman. 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 …
The Alaska Beacon launches with the goal of a better-informed state
WEBMay 11, 2022 — The Alaska Beacon aims to be an outlet people who want to better understand Alaska and its government can turn to. It’s nonpartisan and independent of any politician, political campaign or vested interest. The Beacon makes Alaska the 27th state covered by States Newsroom, a national nonprofit …