JUNEAU — Alaska’s minimum wage will increase to $14.00 per hour on July 1, 2026. In November 2024, Alaska Statute 23.10.065 was amended through the passage of Ballot Measure 1 to include this increase. The minimum wage will increase to $15.00 per hour on July 1, 2027. Starting Jan. 1, 2028, the minimum wage […]
Trawlers are currently allowed to drag the ocean bottom, including in protected areas — because they are not defined as dragging the bottom. ANCHORAGE, AK— The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has the opportunity, at its June meeting, to close a notorious loophole that allows pelagic, or so-called “mid-water” trawlers, to drag the ocean […]
The president also simultaneously claimed to have left Iran’s military alone and destroyed its navy and air force. President Donald Trump said Saturday during an interview with his daughter-in-law that the US should not have waged war on Iran, while making contradictory claims about destroying Iran’s military and leaving it alone. “You look at what happened […]