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.
Contact us: news@alaskapublic.org
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Outside of Bethel, there’s only one official restaurant in the entire Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. But bypass mail price hikes could threaten the iconic eatery’s future. -
University of Alaska economist Brett Watson looked at what you can buy with this year’s $1,000 dividend compared with 1982 and 2003. -
Juneau voters will decide in this year’s municipal election whether the city should implement a new seasonal sales tax system. -
The study showed heat pumps could extend Cook Inlet gas supplies. But they cost Anchorage residents an average of $2,300 more annually than natural gas heating. -
Due to fire concerns over lithium ion batteries, major shipping companies have stopped shipping EVs to Alaska. -
Some elements don’t take effect for a while, but an economist says that doesn’t necessarily minimize the bill’s impacts. -
With no large-scale tanneries in Southeast Alaska, hunters have few options to continue their traditional cultural practices of skin-sewing sea otters. -
At Elim’s ANICA grocery store, a 10-pound bag of sugar already costs $29.65, over three times as much as the same bag in Anchorage. -
The Harold T. Caven Professorship in Business and Finance at the University of Alaska Fairbanks lets Kim McGinnis give her students more hands-on opportunities. -
Mary Daly is the President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which represents Alaska.
