Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal. She worked at Stanford University, which confirmed her death Saturday.
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Another standoff threatens another budget in Washington state
Time is running out for Washington lawmakers to pass a capital construction budget. Less than one week remains in the state’s third overtime session of the legislature.
NOAA halts whale disentanglement efforts after rescuer dies
Boat captain Joe Howlett died on Monday after freeing a right whale that was tangled in fishing gear in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence.
U.S. Senate Republican health care bill has ‘caribou kickback’ for Alaska
The latest version of the health care bill in the U.S. Senate has a special carve-out to help Alaska’s individual insurance market. The bill, revealed Thursday, would send more than $100 million a year to any state with extra-high premiums. As it’s defined now, that’s only Alaska.
U.S. senators seethe at Indian Health Services
President Donald Trump proposes to cut the Indian Health Service budget by $300 million, and the head of the IHS had trouble defending that 6 percent cut at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
White House’s election fraud commission suspends request for Alaska voter information
Alaska will not be providing voter information to the White House for the time being.