“Republicans gave away trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy,” said US Sen. Ed Markey. “Now they are asking Americans to work longer. We won’t stand for it.” Trump-appointed Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano on Friday drew immediate fire from many progressives after he said raising the retirement age for American workers was on the table. […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today received an update from senior Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) officials about the status of the Corps’ work on short-, medium-, and long-term solutions to the recurring threat of glacial lake outburst flooding in Juneau, Alaska. Lt. […]
This summer, the real enemy in many Fairbanks gardens wasn’t drought or moose — it was slugs. “I get more calls about slugs every year,” said Gooseberry Peter, agriculture and integrated pest management program assistant with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Most people calling have never had slugs before, making these slimy critters a […]