Some of Alaska’s largest pollock processors are abandoning a foreign worker visa program that once supplied up to half their workforce, citing rising costs and uncertainty under stricter immigration policies.
Federal Government
Mary Peltola enters Alaska U.S. Senate race
The former congresswoman is challenging incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan. Nationally, Democrats have high hopes that she can flip the seat.
Alaska’s Rep. Nick Begich votes against 3-year extension of federal health care subsidies
Democrats have already vowed to make the vote an issue in this fall’s U.S. House elections.
Landslide bill puts new focus on atmospheric rivers like those that triggered deadly Alaska events
The bill, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, passed the U.S. Senate on Monday and is now to be considered by the U.S. House.
Trump hasn’t provided legal basis for military action in Venezuela, Murkowski says
While Alaska’s senior U.S. senator sounded doubtful, Sen. Sullivan and Rep. Begich emphasized the mission’s precision and success.
Negotiations underway to keep Aleutian seismic stations online
The Alaska Earthquake Center is in negotiations with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to restore funding for nine seismic stations.