Less than a day after President Trump’s inauguration, protesters are taking to the streets to oppose his policies. Between a rally and a march, they aim to call attention to a broad list of demands.
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Could ticketing the homeless help downtown Juneau?
The Juneau Police Department says that under the proposed ordinance anyone caught camping downtown who refuses to move could be arrested for disorderly conduct – a jailable offense.
Four Native institutions urge Juneau Assembly to abandon ‘camping’ ordinance
The four leaders say removing campers from downtown district can be done in “a humane and compassionate” way by establishing a campsite elsewhere.
Officials catch heroin in both Anchorage and Nome
Heroin has been at the center of two anti-drug enforcement efforts in different Alaska towns.
Bartlett hospital reaches agreement with union
The Juneau Assembly will be asked next week to approve $3.06 million in pay increases for employees at Bartlett Regional Hospital. That’s after the city-owned hospital’s board of directors approved a tentative agreement with its unionized workforce after more than a year of negotiations that ended with the help of federal mediators.
Asian tapeworm found in Alaska salmon off Kenai Peninsula coast
Scientists recently announced they had found an Asian tapeworm species in pink salmon caught off the coast of the Kenai Peninsula. In a recent study, a team of scientists identified a Japanese broad tapeworm larva in pink salmon caught in Resurrection Creek near Hope. The study appears in the February issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Gov. Walker hits on same budget themes with new Legislature
Walker said the state government risks spending all of its savings if it denies there’s a problem and hopes for oil prices to rise.
Tom Price, HHS nominee, faces tough questions on stock deals and Obamacare
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health And Human Services had the first of two separate Senate hearings on Wednesday.
U.S. abortion rate falls to lowest level since Roe v. Wade
A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs legalized abortion, puts the 2014 rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age — the lowest recorded rate since 1973.
Trump Pressures Congress To Replace Obamacare Quickly
President-elect Donald Trump told The Washington Post he’s close to unveiling a health care plan he expects Congress to pass soon. But GOP lawmakers are in no hurry to replace the Affordable Care Act.