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WEB3 days ago · 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.
Arctic Alaska House race focuses on issues that candidates say …
WEB1 day ago · Baker introduced a bill to amend the state constitution, House Joint Resolution 22, that was aimed at unifying state and federal subsistence management — but his version omitted the word “rural,” in contrast with federal law’s requirement for a rural Alaska subsistence priority.Baker’s effort got pushback from the Alaska Federation of Natives, creating an unusual situation in which ...
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WEBBY: James Brooks - September 6, 2024. Alaska’s governor has vetoed a bill intended to clarify the rental car tax collection process for Alaskans who put up their vehicles for rent on Turo and similar car-sharing applications. The Alaska Department of Revenue has said that Turo is subject to the state’s 10% sales tax on rental cars, but Turo ...
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 …
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WEBABOUT US. Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. Alaska, like many states, has seen a decline in the coverage of state news. We aim to reverse that.
Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong
WEBMay 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 its May 11, 2022, launch. Just like this week, the launch week ...
Alaska’s presidential election allows voters to rank up to eight ...
WEBIn every one of Alaska’s presidential elections since 1992, the winner of the state has earned more than 50% of the overall vote. Four years ago, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won Alaska’s three Electoral College votes after earning 52.8% of the state’s presidential votes. Democratic candidate Joe Biden had 42.8% of the ...
Tuesday is Alaska’s primary election, but the biggest races will wait ...
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Polls open at 7 a.m. on Tuesday for Alaska’s primary election, the preliminary round for 50 legislative races and one of the most competitive U.S. House elections in the country.. Pre-election turnout has been unusually low: This is the first Alaska primary in more than a decade without a governor’s race, race for U.S. Senate, or a …
Alaska Legislature adjourns after passing priority bills, but not ...
WEBMay 16, 2024 · The 33rd Alaska State Legislature came to a shuddering but active end early Thursday morning as lawmakers passed the state’s annual budget and a series of high-profile bills addressing crime, climate change, the looming Cook Inlet energy crunch, and problems with the state’s correspondence education programs.
EPA gives partial approval to state plan for improving Interior …
WEBNov 27, 2023 · The EPA action partially approves and partially disapproves of the latest plan developed by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to comply with the Clean Air Act in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Approved elements included some concessions by the EPA to state arguments about air-quality compliance in …