Gubernatorial candidates weigh in on retirement solutions in AARP “video voters’ guides” Anchorage, ALASKA – Wednesday, AARP Alaska released state issue support findings from a 2022 election survey that shows Alaskans 50+ support State action to encourage and promote retirement savings and related programs. More than three-fifths (61%) of 50+ voters are more likely to […]
At the end of this month, Vladimir Romanovsky will retire after 30 years as a professor and permafrost scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute. This comes at a time when people — finally — no longer squint at him with a puzzled look when he mentions what he studies. Permafrost is ground […]
Rep. Josephson: ‘The exodus of public safety employees trained in Alaska hits every corner of our state’ JUNEAU — The Alaska House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass legislation that would provide a new retirement incentive to help attract law enforcement officers and firefighters to have careers in Alaska. Currently, Alaska is one of two […]
“The unreasonable prefunding mandate has threatened the survival of the USPS and placed at risk vital services for the millions who rely on it.” A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers introduced legislation this week that would scrap an onerous 2006 mandate requiring the U.S. Postal Service to prefund retiree benefits decades in advance, an obligation that’s been […]