Alaska Economic Report
Alaska Economic Report is a weekly look at the trends, policies and issues that impact your wallet in Alaska. From local businesses, to fiscal policy to big industries like fishing, tourism and oil & gas, we cover the high-stakes economic issues that matter to Alaskans all over the state.
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The plan would allow skilled trail workers to continue their work this summer, after half of the U.S. Forest Service trail crews were fired last month by the Trump administration. -
The event aimed to connect students at small, rural schools to post-graduate opportunities. -
In recent years, the U.S. market for tinned seafood has surged by billions of dollars and boutique branded cans of fish are trending on TikTok. At the head of this swell is a small cannery on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. -
The state of the egg-conomy is forcing Anchorage eateries to raise prices and rethink recipes. It has also increased the demand for local farm fresh eggs. -
Businesses that depend on snow in Anchorage are slimming their workforce and getting creative to get by this winter. -
A small but growing number of farmers in Alaska have taken to an unconventional way of growing greens and herbs – by doing it indoors. -
Earlier this month, Alaska's minimum wage went up by $0.18 per hour. It'll rise again in July after voters passed Ballot Measure 1 last November. -
Last April, President Biden signed a law that allows the government to ban foreign-owned apps that threaten national security. If TikTok isn’t sold by Sunday, it faces a nationwide ban. -
Oil prices are down, and that means there’s less money for lawmakers to spend during the upcoming 34th Alaska Legislature. -
How low can you go, really? That’s one question Alaska researchers are asking of a new grant-funded heat pump prototype this winter.
