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Business leaders emphasize importance of vaccines for Alaska’s economic recovery

By Joe Plesha | Alaska House Coalition on Apr 22, 2021   Featured, General News  

Business leaders emphasize importance of vaccines for Alaska’s economic recovery

‘I don’t think this is a political issue. I see vaccinations as a pro-business policy.’ JUNEAU – The House Labor and Commerce Committee heard from business leaders across the state who emphasized the importance of vaccines in re-opening Alaska’s economy and keeping it open. Their testimony detailed the struggles that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed […]

March jobs down 6.9 percent from last March

By Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Apr 16, 2021   Featured, State  

March jobs down 6.9 percent from last March

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s March employment was down 6.9 percent from March 2020 — a loss of 21,900 jobs — as the pandemic continued to keep job counts well below year-ago levels. March data marks the last time we can compare a current month to a comparatively healthy pre-pandemic month. Massive job losses hit in […]

Report: Alaska Cannot Mine its Way out of Fiscal Crisis

By Bob Shavelson | Cook Inlet Keeper on Apr 6, 2021   State  

Report: Alaska Cannot Mine its Way out of Fiscal Crisis

HOMER, AK — As Alaska struggles with a historic fiscal crisis – and as the mining industry seeks to position itself as an economic engine for Alaska – a new report concludes that increased hard rock mining cannot fill the gap left by waning petroleum revenues.   The report – entitled “The Role of Metal Mining […]

As Economic Suffering Grips Regular Americans, Wall Street Behemoths Ready Feast of Stock Buybacks

By Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams on Jan 23, 2021   Featured, National, National/World  

As Economic Suffering Grips Regular Americans, Wall Street Behemoths Ready Feast of Stock Buybacks

“We’re going to be aggressively buying back, and consistently,” said Morgan Stanley chief executive James Gorman. For millions of regular Americans, the end of 2020 was marked by economic distress, with millions suffering pandemic-triggered job losses—and thus the loss of their employer-tied health insurance—still waiting on robust economic relief from federal lawmakers, and facing a weak social safety net. For the nation’s biggest banks, […]

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