by James Brooks, Alaska Beacon November 5, 2025 Every morning, Alaska’s court system publishes an updated list of new civil lawsuits filed across the state during the past week. And every morning, that list is dominated by debt collection cases, newly filed by credit card companies, debt collection firms or businesses seeking repayment. On Tuesday, […]
Proposals to lower housing, childcare, and healthcare costs for millions of families are “a welcome step in the right direction,” said one advocate. After announcing earlier this week that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to take on corporate price gouging with the first-ever federal ban in the food and grocery industries, the Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign on Friday […]
“Republicans were warned that their repeated brinksmanship and deficit-funded tax giveaways for the wealthy and big corporations would have consequences,” said one House Democrat. Democratic lawmakers and economists placed the blame squarely on the Republican Party after Fitch downgraded the United States’ long-term credit rating on Tuesday, citing repeated standoffs over the nation’s debt ceiling in recent […]
JUNEAU- On Tuesday, the Alaska Senate passed Senate Bill 33, which extends the sunset date for tax credits applied to seafood processors bringing salmon and herring products to market, and broadens the tax credit to include processors of other seafood products in Alaska. “The seafood industry creates more direct jobs than any other private industry in […]