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My Turn: Charting a course toward seafood independence for Alaska’s vulnerable food systems
As a commercial fisherman based in Sitka and the executive director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA), I’ve spent decades navigating Alaska’s challenging waters and the headwinds ...
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Tribal health leaders say feds haven’t treated syphilis outbreak as a public health emergency
The center also found that 1 in 40 Native American and Alaska Native babies born in the region in 2022 had a syphilis ...
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In much larger numbers than in past years, Alaskans opted for early voting in 2024
Alaskans this year made a dramatic shift from past years in their voting practices, choosing in large numbers to cast their ...
Report Finds Big Disparities in Americans' Well-Being by Region
People in the southern U.S., Appalachia and the Rust Belt states score lowest on the Human Development Index (HDI), a ...
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Study reveals deep disparities in well-being across racial, ethnic, and sex groups
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has published a new study published in The Lancet that finds significant disparities in well-being among racial and ethnic groups, and across sex ...
Voters in these red states okay paid sick leave
Alaska voters seem poised to pass a similar measure that has a wide lead. These two Republican-led states join 15 others ...
Flying On Avelo Airlines, The Low-Cost Carrier That Could
What's it like to fly on Avelo Airlines, the growing low-cost leisure carrier with more than 50 destinations in 23 states and ...
Wall Street makes wagers on the likely winners and losers in a second Trump term
While strong rhetoric on the campaign trail can cause these big swings, not all of the promises turn into actual policy.
Her wife died and she went on a cruise. Then she met a fellow passenger who changed her life forever
Bobbi, from the US, met Aussie traveler Tam on the deck of a cruise ship, watching the sunrise over Fiji, back in 2013.
Time To Raise Federal Poverty Line, Dozens Of NJ Lawmakers Say
It’s time to raise the federal poverty line and let more people access crucial public assistance programs in the United ...
Paid sick leave measures pass in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska
Workers in three states are now entitled to paid sick leave for the first time. In Alaska, most workers are now entitled to ...
Alaska House quickly announced a bipartisan majority, but some lawmakers say that was premature
Nov. 8—Alaska House legislators announced on Wednesday that they had formed a bipartisan majority coalition, but some Republicans said that was premature with tens of thousands of ballots still to be ...