Alaska House advances bill intended to boost workforce housing
House Bill 184 attempts to address Alaska’s severe housing shortage by allowing AIDEA to invest in workforce housing with 5 or more units.
Read MoreHouse Bill 184 attempts to address Alaska’s severe housing shortage by allowing AIDEA to invest in workforce housing with 5 or more units.
Read MoreDemocrats and a few Republicans are calling for curbing Trump’s unilateral use of military power in Iran, despite previous such efforts failing to advance.
Read MoreHe spoke of a limited role for the U.S. in regime change: “It’s something that we can shape, but that’s going to be ultimately up to the Iranian people.”
Read MoreThe Alaska Board of Fisheries voted 4-3 this week to cut June fishing time in the Area M salmon fishery by roughly a third — a move supporters say will help struggling Western Alaska salmon runs, but critics argue could harm coastal communities without meaningfully conserving chum.
Read MoreThe bill would ban AI-generated child sexual abuse material and, for adults, AI deepfakes and revenge porn. It also includes sharp limits on minors’ use of social media.
Read MoreA Soldotna man reckons with his family’s deportation.
Read MoreThe Mat-Su Sentinel’s Amy Bushatz says, similar to other districts, Mat-Su schools have suffered from stagnant state funding and declining enrollment, but unlike other parts of the state, the Mat-Su Borough’s population isn’t shrinking.
Read MoreThe recommendations are not binding but offer the legislature a guide to what laws Alaska would need to offer care if medicines become legal federally.
Read MoreCrews are clearing the massive Doyon 26 drilling rig from the North Slope. Concern remains for the spilled diesel and hydraulic fluid. The rig toppled last month.
Read MoreData shows there’s one major thing that predicts whether a pedestrian will actually die when they’re hit: the speed of the vehicle.
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