“While President Trump and congressional Republicans promised to lower prices, their actions instead sent prices soaring,” said Democratic US Sen. Maggie Hassan. Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Thursday published updated data estimating that President Donald Trump’s policies have cost the average US family $4,700 during the first two years of his second […]
“Workers are losing the race between wages and prices,” said one economist. “It’s no wonder workers feel left behind in the current economy.” President Donald Trump attempted to spin high oil prices as a boon for the United States at a rally in Arizona on Wednesday, just hours after new federal data showed that inflation […]
Alaska, a territory of the United States, would go through a fundamental change in 1917. It was announced on October 1917 by Skagway’s Daily Alaskan that kindergartens would soon be appearing in rural areas throughout Alaska. This was the result of the 1917 Uniform School Act. While at the time education focused on white and […]
As data centers and artificial intelligence raise new questions about energy, water, land, infrastructure, jobs and community priorities across Alaska, a new report from the University of Alaska Fairbanks offers a different way to approach the conversation. “Computing in Place: A Conversation Guide on Data Centers for Alaskans, by Alaskans” was developed by the Alaska Center […]