“If Trump’s DOJ hadn’t worked out a deal to help Boeing avoid going to trial for its crimes, that trial would be starting on Monday.” A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jet carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed in a residential area in western India shortly after takeoff on Thursday afternoon local time, a catastrophic incident […]
Juneau, AK: A headline in Under Current News published June 9th read: “North Pacific Council Bucks Critics, Preserves Status Quo for Alaska Trawlers”. This is not the news that Alaskan coastal communities and fishermen were hoping for. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council at their June meeting, which ended Tuesday, decided once again to postpone […]
JUNEAU — Due to the passage of Ballot Measure 1 in November 2024, Alaska’s minimum wage will increase to $13.00 per hour on July 1, 2025. It will subsequently increase to $14.00 on July 1, 2026, and to $15.00 on July 1, 2027. Thereafter, the minimum wage will be adjusted annually for inflation starting January […]
“If these reckless rollbacks are allowed to stand they’ll only fan the flames of extreme heat and wildfires, and they’ll trigger more child deaths, more cancers, more lung diseases, and more heart attacks.” Advocates for public health and the planet denounced a Wednesday announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to decimate regulations on power plant pollution, […]