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Information on the races and the tools you need to vote. Alaska Votes: 2024. Final report before presidential election shows just 12,000 jobs added after hurricanes, strikes. BY Casey Quinlan - November 1, 2024. BRIEF. Alaskans charged $5.78 billion for hospital stays last year, state report says. BY Yereth Rosen - November 1, 2024.
Data centers, which require massive amounts of energy and few …
1 day ago · Gov. Mike Dunleavy is courting major tech companies to establish data centers in Alaska at a time when the state is already facing an impending electricity crisis. The data centers, which are springing up throughout the Lower 48 states, require massive amounts of energy and water. Dunleavy has ...
How to vote in Alaska: Options abound, but the deadline is almost …
1 day ago · Read the Alaska Beacon 2024 Voter Guide. On Election Day, polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Election Day procedures are explained by the Alaska Division of Elections. To validate their eligibility, voters need to bring a voter identification card, driver’s license, state ID, other photo ID, passport or even a hunting or fishing license.
Alaskans charged $5.78 billion for hospital stays last year, state ...
5 days ago · Alaskans were charged about $5.78 billion for hospital stays in 2023, according to an annual report published by the state Department of Health. Total charges increased from $5.31 billion in 2022 and $4.94 billion in 2021, according to the report. The figures were released in the Alaska Health Facilities Data Reporting Program 2023 Annual ...
Ballot Measure 1 puts Alaska’s small businesses and workers at risk
Oct 21, 2024 · Ballot Measure 1 will force small businesses, already struggling to meet payroll, to absorb the cost of extended mandatory sick leave. This isn’t just a problem for the businesses. When employers are required to provide significantly more paid time off, those costs are passed on to consumers through higher prices on goods and services.
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6 days ago · BY: Yereth Rosen - October 29, 2024. Fewer Alaska babies were born in 2023 than in previous years, but there were also fewer deaths in the state than in prior years, when the COVID-19 pandemic was still sweeping through the nation, said a report issued by the state Department of Health. Alaska’s population total remained almost unchanged in ...
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Oct 29, 2024 · BY: Lawrence D. Weiss - October 17, 2024. The 1964 Good Friday earthquake rocked and crumpled Anchorage and environs. The magnitude 9.2 quake lasted four and one-half minutes, killed over 130 people, and damaged or destroyed much of Anchorage. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America. But it could have been worse.
Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong
May 10, 2024 7:14 pm. The Talkeetna spur road leading into community’s downtown district is seen on March 9, 2024, with Denali and other Alaska Range mountains in the backdrop. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) On Saturday, the Alaska Beacon will mark the second anniversary of its May 11, 2022, launch. Just like this week, the launch week ...
Federal departments announce about $280 million in funding for …
Jun 28, 2024 · Three departments of the U.S. government have announced they have awarded about $280 million in new funding for transportation and energy projects in Alaska, money made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. In its announcement, the U.S. Department of Transportation said on ...
By wide, bipartisan margin, Alaska House puts finishing touches on ...
May 8, 2024 · The Alaska House of Representatives approved a major increase to state spending on school repairs and renewable energy on Tuesday as it voted 39-1 to approve a $552 million capital budget.. The capital budget, which pays for construction and renovation projects statewide, exceeds $4 billion if federal funding is included.