“We celebrate this win—this win that we made happen—even while mourning the loss of every person who relied on Medicaid and didn’t survive the calamity of Trump’s disastrous administration.” The Biden administration on Friday is expected to begin the process of rescinding a Trump policy allowing states to impose punitive work requirements on Medicaid recipients, […]
DHSS today announced 145 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 134 were residents in: Anchorage (62), Wasilla (15), Palmer (13), Fairbanks (10), Eagle River (7), Kusilvak Census Area (7), Bethel Census Area (4), Bethel (2), Juneau (2), Ketchikan (2), and one each in Chugiak, Cordova, Haines, Homer, Hooper Bay, North Pole, Northwest Arctic Borough, Petersburg, Salcha […]
Wednesday evening, Governor Dunleavy spoke directly to Alaskans that he will not issue a new COVID-19 disaster declaration, despite his willingness to issue new disaster declarations in the past. Senator Tom Begich (D-Anchorage), the Senate Democratic Leader, issued the following statement: “These are challenging times. In the past, the Governor has seen fit to […]
DHSS today announced 186 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 166 were residents in: Anchorage (46), Wasilla (29), Palmer (18), Fairbanks (15), Bethel Census Area (12), Bethel (7), Kusilvak Census Area (6), North Pole (6), Ketchikan (3), Seward (3), Unalaska (3), Bristol Bay plus Lake and Peninsula (2), Chugiak (2), Eagle River (2), Soldotna (2), and one each in Big Lake, Girdwood, […]