“Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season,” said one critic. As catastrophic flooding left scores of people dead and missing in Texas Hill Country and President Donald Trump celebrated signing legislation that will eviscerate every aspect […]
(Juneau) – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced publication of the annual statewide salmon run forecast and commercial harvest projection report: Run Forecasts and Harvest Projections for 2022 Alaska Salmon Fisheries and Review of the 2021 Season. The Alaska all-species salmon harvest for 2021 totaled nearly 235 million fish. Over half of this […]
(Juneau) – Unexpected oil revenue to the State has created a projected $3.6 billion increase to the revenue forecast over this year and the next, according to the Alaska Department of Revenue’s Spring 2022 Revenue Forecast released Tuesday. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy requested the Legislature to use some of the surplus to get immediate relief […]
(Anchorage) – Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Lucinda Mahoney released the preliminary Fall 2021 forecast Friday. The Department has previously published an early estimate of the state’s revenue picture when prices have strayed significantly from the preceding official forecast. Today’s forecast illustrates the state’s revenue improvement of an additional $1.2 billion for FY 2022 and […]