Tag: Alaska
Another lawmaker resigns after sexual harassment accusations
Seven women, who are all current or former aides at the Alaska Capitol, reported the unwanted sexual advances.
Groups slam Zinke’s ‘backroom deals’ to build road through Alaskan wildlife...
“These records expose yet another of Secretary Zinke’s secretive, backroom deals to sell off and sell out our public lands and wildlife.”
How Alaska tribes solved their dental health crisis
Dental health therapy takes half the time it takes to train a dentist. And it does what good medicine should: improve public health.
Alaska’s small villages turn toward renewables – and don’t look back
Oil companies like to push the narrative that Alaskans want more oil development, but that’s not true.
The unlikely uprising of progressive politics in Alaska
As the Arctic heats up and the oil economy tanks, progressives find their voice in a conservative state.
Secretly approved in Alaska, will LNG trains soon appear in rest...
“As if outdated rail cars carrying volatile crude oil didn't pose enough of a danger to the tens of millions of Americans who live and work near our country's rail lines."
After years’ long push, fracking has quietly arrived in Alaska
In the end tapping Alaska's shale resources via fracking may come down to a simple issue of money.
War in the Gulf (no, not that Gulf!)
The U.S. navy’s anti-environmental broadside in the Gulf of Alaska.
Alaska Just Had Hottest Year in Recorded History
Alaska, like the rest of the world, is experiencing higher than normal temperatures this spring.
The Alaska Democratic Convention Just Rejected Superdelegates
Alaska has followed in the footsteps on Maine and has abolished the superdelegate system.
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$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs
“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.
Trump delivers lunch to Beijing
China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.
Omar says ICE drawdown ‘not enough’ as thousands of agents remain deployed in Minnesota
After Trump border czar Tom Homan announced that 700 federal immigration agents would leave Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar, civil rights groups, and national coalitions said the move leaves an ongoing occupation intact while killings, constitutional violations, and international human rights complaints remain unresolved.
Senators probe Equifax over plans to profit from Medicaid and SNAP work requirements
Warren, Wyden, and Sanders are demanding disclosures from Equifax as new federal work requirements threaten to strip healthcare and food assistance from millions while expanding the company’s already dominant income verification business.
The actual Gavin Newsom is much worse than you think
For anyone who wants a truly progressive Democratic Party, Gavin Newsom is bad news.