Anchorage – More than 220 children statewide will lose vital early education and more than 500 people will lose supportive housing services currently provided by Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP), a statewide nonprofit, as a result of the Governor’s Fiscal Year 2020 state budget. “More than one-third of our Head Start […]
U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to deny citizenship to babies born in the United States to non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants. Trump said in an interview with the cable television news program “Axios on HBO” that he plans to terminate, by executive order, the current U.S. policy allowing birthright citizenship. “It’s in the process. […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled the United States out of the 2015 international agreement aimed at restraining Iran’s nuclear program, contending that it is a “disastrous” pact that won’t keep Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and endangering the world. The U.S. leader said he is reimposing the “highest levels of economic sanctions” on Iran. […]
Norwegian oil giant Statoil has now announced that they intend to follow Royal Dutch Shell and move its offices out of the state of Alaska according to a press release issued by the oil company. Saying the Chukchi Sea leases were no longer competitive, Tim Dodson, executive vice president for exploration in Statoil stated, “Since 2008 we […]