Anchorage Economic Development Corp. CEO Bill Popp said the state’s banks and credit unions are “in the best possible situation we could’ve hoped for” given the dire economic situation facing thousands of Alaskans.
Alaska is highly reliant on out-of-state and international visitors, making it vulnerable to disruptions in national and international affairs.
Fishermen are still fishing, but the normal seasonal progression of the industry is likely to hit rough waters.
Many questioned why the state would open the regulations to possible changes given the reliance on marine resources and the relative lack of large spills in the state since the Exxon Valdez in 1989.
Without a Permanent Fund dividend, the governor’s budget originally had a roughly $430 million general fund surplus, but that has all but evaporated.
The Kake access project would link 21 miles of existing logging roads with 13 miles of new roads across Kupreanof Island.
A third federal court ruling is the next step in the ongoing fight over a proposed emergency access road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge on the Alaska Peninsula.
The roughly $40 billion North Slope natural gas pipeline and export project is now a major step closer to securing a key federal license.
The legislation is intended to better integrate six utilities and provide a consistent path for renewable power producers to access the regional transmission system.
Fishermen affected by the 2018 Pacific cod and Chignik sockeye disasters will soon have access to relief funding.
Frank Richards will replace Interim AGCD President Joe Dubler, who announced his retirement Feb. 20.
House Bill 229, sponsored by Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, D-Anchorage, would establish an all-payer claims database, along with a corporation to manage it.
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