In 1935, in the middle of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Federal Writers’ Project. His goal was to provide jobs for American writers who found themselves unemployed after the stock market crash of 1929. Merle Colby was one of those writers. As the U.S. economy tanked, his freelance work for the […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and several of his colleagues in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) demanding answers regarding the implementation of the DOC’s new financial management system. This financial management system has disrupted National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) […]
JUNEAU – Legislation sponsored by Representative Andi Story, House Bill 26, Council for Alaska Native Languages, has passed into law. “This bill came at the request of the Council for Alaska Native Languages, who believe these changes will better reflect and support their essential work with communities to not just preserve but also revitalize Alaska […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles is excited to announce that Alaska residents will be the first in the United States to use translucent polycarbonate driver’s license and identification cards, a new generation of laser-engraved card technology for enhanced security protection. These upgraded cards, which will be available in late Fall of […]