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Nov 15, 2024 · The Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. Our journalists fairly and fearlessly report on the people and interests that determine state policy.
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Nov 12, 2024 · Voters deliver mixed verdicts on increasing minimum wage, but support paid sick leave BY: Elaine S. Povich - November 15, 2024 Voters in two red states agreed to increase their minimum wage in steps to $15 an hour and to require employers to give workers paid sick time, and a third red state also approved sick leave.
Nick Begich nears U.S. House election victory as more Alaska …
Nov 12, 2024 · Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich has almost clinched an electoral victory over Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola. On Tuesday night, the Alaska Division of Elections added more than 38,000 votes to the state’s electoral count, and those new additions failed to significantly close the gap between Peltola and Begich.
Alaska voters favor minimum wage hike, sick leave mandate, with …
Nov 6, 2024 · Alaska voters favored a ballot measure backed by labor unions by a margin of 12.46 percentage points with roughly 70% of the ballots counted early Wednesday. Voters weighed in on Ballot Measure 1, which would provide three new protections for workers: an increase in the minimum wage, a mandate for ...
Alaska scientists and policymakers look to hydrogen as power …
Nov 15, 2024 · The key to decarbonization may be all around us. Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is in the ocean, in the sky, in the stars, in the bodies of living beings and – of particular importance to energy developers – in the ground.. And it is getting increasing attention globally. Governments, industry and scientific institutions are now investigating how they might be able to ...
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Nov 12, 2024 · Rural Alaska mayor takes office, cancels elections, pleads guilty to felony election interference BY: James Brooks - November 14, 2024 Arthur Sammy Heckman Sr. has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of unlawful interference with an election after illegally canceling a local 2023 election and hiding the results of a 2022 election while serving as …
Government & Politics Archives • Alaska Beacon
Nov 6, 2024 · Alaska Capitol’s ‘worst-kept secret’ is that Gov. Dunleavy may leave office to join Trump BY: James Brooks - November 11, 2024 Alaska lawmakers expect bipartisan coalitions to control the state House and Senate when the Alaska Legislature convenes in January, but they don’t know who the state’s governor will be. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s second term isn’t over until December 2026, but ...
In Fairbanks, Begich and Peltola offer sharply different views of ...
Oct 10, 2024 · Election 2024; Government & Politics; In Fairbanks, Begich and Peltola offer sharply different views of federal spending in Alaska Alaska’s incumbent Democrat trumpeted her support for infrastructure spending, while her Republican challenger warned about debt
Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong
May 10, 2024 · On Saturday, the Alaska Beacon will mark the second anniversary of its May 11, 2022, launch.Just like this week, the launch week was the last of the legislative session, and the Beacon connected from Day One with Alaskans thirsty to …
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Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. Alaska, like many states, has seen a decline in the coverage of state news. We aim to reverse that.