Serious legal and financial consequences for shutting down ferry system based on an illegal contract offer (Anchorage) – Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka is calling on the Inlandboatman’s Union (IBU) to end its strike, return to the negotiating table, and remove the portions of its contract offer that the State believes are […]
In his annual State of the Union Address to Congress and the nation Tuesday, President Donald Trump said “the state of our union is strong.” But an honest assessment of the current political state of the union appears uncertain and fraying. In the wake of Trump’s speech, members of both U.S. political parties are […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]HITE HOUSE — Despite being strongly discouraged by House speaker Nancy Pelosi from delivering a State of the Union speech next week to both chambers of Congress, the White House is moving ahead with plans for President Donald Trump to deliver a televised nationwide address on the evening of Jan. 29. In anticipation of a […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON— Blue whales around the world are singing a little flat, and scientists may now have more clues as to the reason why. A new study finds there’s a seasonal variation in the whales’ pitch correlated with breaking sea ice in the southern Indian Ocean. The new research also extends the mysterious long-term falling pitch to […]