Paid Parental Leave, Unemployment Insurance Reforms Advance in House JUNEAU – The House Labor and Commerce committee unanimously advanced comprehensive legislation (HB 193) to expand unemployment insurance benefits and establish a paid parental leave program, while expanding state-funded training programs and implementing a 20% unemployment insurance tax cut for employers. “Paid parental leave makes Alaska […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man was sentenced Tuesday to two and a half years in prison and is required to serve three years on supervised release and 120 hours of community service for legally purchasing firearms in Alaska and trafficking them to Sacramento, California, where they ended up in the hands of gang […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced the results of Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators. The operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders in the nationwide crackdown. The coordinated effort was executed over […]
“Right, because the U.S. occupation of Iraq is certainly the best-case scenario for Gaza today,” one critic quipped. Reuters reported Wednesday that “the United States and Israel have discussed the possibility of Washington leading a temporary post-war administration of Gaza, according to five people familiar with the matter,” sparking widespread criticism across the globe. Responses to the reporting on […]
