JUNEAU, Alaska—Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in January, unchanged from December’s revised rate. The comparable national rate was 4.9 percent. The not-seasonally adjusted rate was 7.3 percent, up six-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month. Large swings in the unadjusted rate are typical in January. Rates increased in 24 out […]
Juneau – The Alaska House of Representatives Friday approved a Fiscal Year 2017 statewide operating budget that shaves 10-percent from the current year’s spending levels for day-to-day government services, a historic cut on top of last year’s equal reduction. “Alaskans spoke clearly: cut first, then look at filling the remaining fiscal gap. That’s exactly what […]
The Democrats in the Alaska House of Representatives and Governor Bill Walker moved at a brisk pace to replace late Representative Max Gruenberg’s seat as the representative for House District 16 this week, and the district’s new representative, Ivy Spohnholz will officially take her seat when the State House convenes for their floor session on Thursday. […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Karen Mansfield, who as assistant adjutant general for Air also serves as commander of the Alaska Air National Guard, was promoted from colonel to brigadier general at a ceremony in the Arctic Warrior Events Center on March 6, 2016. She became the third female member of the Alaska Air National […]