OVERVIEW – 41 new cases | 0 deaths | 17 hospitalizations | Statewide alert level: intermediate | 46% of Alaskans vaccinated TAKE ACTION – Choosing to get vaccinated is the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your community and to reopen our economy. Learn more about the CDC’s recommendations for fully vaccinated people […]
Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins: ‘We lost a giant both in Alaska politics and in the Southeast community as a whole’ JUNEAU — Albert Kookesh, a longtime state lawmaker and Alaska Native leader, died this week in his hometown of Angoon. He was 72. Kookesh represented his community for 16 years in the Legislature, beginning in the House […]
“Unless we abolish the filibuster, there will be no progress on any agenda focused on justice, fairness, or basic survival,” said Sen. Ed Markey. Intensifying progressive calls to eliminate the legislative filibuster, Senate Republicans wielded the archaic procedural tool on Friday to torpedo a bill that sought to establish an independent commission to probe the […]
Alaskans’ interest in the mariculture industry is growing. In 2016, state permitting agencies received only four aquatic farm applications. From 2017–2020, it jumped to 64. Mariculture includes the cultivation of shellfish, such as oysters, and seaweeds, used in a variety of foods, fertilizers and biofuels. Alaska state law prohibits the inclusion of finfish farming. Shucking […]