“Almost nobody says we should have the richest pay the least. And yet when we look around the country, the vast majority of states have tax systems that do just that.” Nearly every state and local tax system in the U.S. is fueling the nation’s inequality crisis by forcing lower- and middle-class families to contribute […]
The Arctic Innovation Competition is accepting ideas for 2024. Competitors of all ages in North America may submit their ideas for a chance to win cash prizes of up to $15,000. The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management hosts the competition with a presenting sponsorship from Usibelli Coal Mine. Ideas are sorted by […]
Alaska State Troopers went to the cannabis store, Grass Station 49, in Fairbanks at 9:48 pm on Monday night after receiving a report of a robbery there and opened an investigation. It was reported that two armed men in black ski masks and dressed all in black robbed the facility at gunpoint. They took $2,172 […]
(Dillingham, Alaska) – Monday, the United States Supreme Court announced their decision to reject the State of Alaska’s challenge of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Water Act veto of the proposed Pebble Mine. Commercial fishermen joined Bristol Bay Tribes and a majority of Alaskans in asking EPA to act to veto Pebble Mine over […]