U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new economic sanctions Thursday against North Korea for its nuclear threat, targeting individuals and businesses that finance trade with Pyongyang’s reclusive communist regime and funding for its weapons development. The U.S. leader called North Korea’s nuclear bomb and ballistic missile programs “a grave threat to peace and security in our […]
President Donald Trump and Congress face a key moment Monday in the political fight over Republican efforts to repeal and replace the national health care reforms championed by former President Barack Obama. The Congressional Budget Office, a group of nonpartisan budget analysts and economists, is expected to release its assessment of how many Americans would […]
A Donald Trump presidency is the sixth biggest threat facing the world, tied with the prospect of terrorism destabilizing the global economy, according to an assessment by British research group EIU. Its latest ranking of global risks has a sharp economic slowdown in China at the top. That is followed by Russia’s actions in Syria […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker signed Administrative Order 280, establishing the Alaska Mariculture Task Force. With the vision to develop a sustainable mariculture industry producing shellfish and aquatic plants for the long-term benefit of Alaska’s economy, AO 280 directs the task force to present recommendations to the Governor on a long-term plan to advance the […]