WHITE HOUSE – With stock prices plunging amid an oil price war and the coronavirus crisis, U.S. President Donald Trump is to meet Monday afternoon with his economic advisors, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who will present him with policy options to counter the quickly emerging threats to the economy. White House sources […]
Alaska’s seafood industry added $5.6 billion in economic output to the state economy in 2017–2018, employing nearly 59,000 workers in harvesting, processing and other industry-related jobs who earned a combined $1.7 billion in wages. The 29,400 commercial fishermen employed in harvesting fish in each of those year came away with earnings of more than […]
October is National Energy Awareness Month, and the topic of energy production and its role in driving climate change — very rightfully — is as important a topic as ever. While the United States is leading the way in developing energy in significantly cleaner ways than countries like Russia, Venezuela and China, Democrats continue to promote a […]
The states of Alaska and Utah are currently seeking exemptions from the 2001 Federal Roadless Rule, and it is expected that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service will release a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Alaska rulemaking by the end of this month. This Alaska rulemaking, assuming a “No Action […]