UN Voices Alarm at Increase in Executions in Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK-The United Nations human rights office expressed alarm Friday at the significant increase in Saudi Arabia’s use of capital punishment in the past year.
State To Make Free Flu Vaccine Available
ANCHORAGE — Sanofi Pasteur, a national flu vaccine manufacturer, is giving 20,000 doses of adult flu vaccine to the state Division of Public Health. The division is in turn making the vaccine available free of charge to organization or providers to administer to adults who have not yet been vaccinated against influenza.
Begich Responds To New Job Numbers
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich released the following statement Friday after the U.S. Department of Labor announced the economy added 200,000 jobs in December bringing unemployment to the lowest level in nearly three years.
Alaska's Credit Rating Raised To AAA By SP
Anchorage, Alaska – The Department of Revenue Friday confirmed the State of Alaska’s bond rating has been upgraded to AAA, the highest grade, by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services. This is the second AAA rating in the state’s history, which reflects the state’s practice of maintaining exceptionally large reserves, extensive fiscal flexibility, and despite […]