Caring for Alaska’s seniors during tense budget talks
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget proposes eliminating more than a third of the state’s funding for Medicaid. To achieve that, some hospitals and nursing homes could be paid less to provide skilled labor.
Permanent Fund Corp. headquarters to undergo $4 million renovation
The renovation will open up space. Some internal walls will be torn down. And the new space will let the corporation hire more workers, so more of fund is managed by corporation employees. Listen now
Lawmakers Consider Extending Legislative Session
Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Some Alaska lawmakers want to go back to a 120 day legislative session.
Voters in 2006 narrowly passed an initiative limiting...
Alaska Rep. Don Young, 87, says he’s been diagnosed with COVID-19
Congressman Don Young has been diagnosed with coronavirus. At 87, Young is the oldest member of the U.S. House of Representatives and faces an elevated risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
Gov. Dunleavy postpones budget signing, signals support for two more vetoed programs
Gov. Dunleavy has reversed himself and declared support for subsidized broadband internet for rural libraries and a free service allowing online tutors for students. The governor had previously vetoed the $809,200 in funding.
Sand Point’s docks and road damaged in 7.8 quake
The city closed two docks immediately, but an administrator says it looks worse than it is.
Court also strikes down official English-language initiative
The Alaska Supreme Court also ruled today to uphold a lower court decision that struck down a provision of the Official English Initiative.
Lori Townsend,...
Here’s where the candidates for governor stand on abortion
Walker said he would veto legislation, Begich said he would do more and Dunleavy doesn’t expect change. Listen now
Ted Stevens releases personal financial data amidst ethics questions
Senator Ted Stevens released official financial disclosure forms for himself and his wife today. Originally due out a month ago, Stevens got extensions so...
AFN to host session on hate and discrimination with Anti-Defamation League
The ADL was founded more than a hundred years ago to fight anti-Semitism. But their mission also includes securing "fair and just treatment to all," and for its Pacific Northwest office, that includes in Alaska.
Anchorage Measure Will Tax Alcohol to Pay For Treatment and Services
In a surprising addition to the agenda, Assembly Chair Dick Traini introduces a plan short on specifics but with broad ambitions.
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Bronson proposes making Anchorage municipal clerk an elected official
Under the mayor’s proposal, the city charter would be changed to have the clerk elected for a three-year term. Other requirements would be that the clerk be an Anchorage resident while in office and be a resident for at least two years prior to the election.
Shifting winds believed to play a major role in loss of arctic sea ice
A climatologist at the University of Washington says a change in wind direction may help explain the dramatic ice loss in the arctic ocean...
Lance Mackey: Iditarod 2008 Champion
Yet another Lance Mackey win in the Iditarod. This year he did it in 9 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes, 48 seconds (official time).
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Anchorage Assembly questions Bronson administration over credit rating report
Some Assembly members said the revenue forecasts that the administration presented to a major credit rating agency before the agency downgraded Anchorage’s score intentionally downplayed the city’s forecasts to score points in an ongoing budget debate.
Dunleavy asks for resignations from broadened group of state workers
In a press release Friday afternoon, the Dunleavy transition team wrote that the governor-elect wants to broaden the scope of which employees will be asked to offer leaving their jobs.
BP to Close Kikiski Facility
BP’s gas-to-liquid facility in Nikiski is set to close by the end of the year. The company opened the plant seven years ago...
At spirited Service High homecoming, Miss America Emma Broyles highlights platform of inclusivity
“People tend to see a crown and a sash and they think, ‘Oh. She’s just a pageant girl,’" said Emma Broyles. "But I think it’s really important to show the world that I have so much more to say.”
New findings outline warmer future for Antarctica
Critics sometimes point to the slow rate of ice melt in the Antarctic to refute scientific claims about climate change and the human role...
Ninth Circuit definitively shuts down fall drilling plans for Shell
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today denied Shell Offshore's request to reconsider a ban on oil exploration in Alaska's Beaufort sea. The suit...