“I’m not normally a receiver. My family, my husband and I, we work hard. We don’t want handouts,” says Ketchikan resident Jenn Tucker. “But there’s all this love coming in. You can’t not accept it, but it is an awkward situation.”
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Federal shutdown drives hundreds of Alaskans to the unemployment line
Federal employees will get retroactive pay after lawmakers and President Donald Trump agree on spending bills to end the shutdown. Those workers will then have to pay back any unemployment insurance benefits they receive.
Army Corps of Engineers: Pebble Mine EIS delayed, but not by federal shutdown
The Army Corps of Engineers confirmed that the draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Pebble Mine is now expected in mid-February rather than January, as previously estimated.
Young considers crossing aisle as shutdown grinds on
Rep. Don Young said President Donald Trump is right to try to improve border security. But Alaska’s lone House member said he’s among the Republicans likely to cross the aisle to vote for spending bills.
Furloughed U.S. Forest Service workers feel uncertain about the future
“It’s really an uncertain time,” says Carin Christensen, a part-time employee whose husband also works for the U.S. Forest Service. “We don’t know when we’re going back to work, how it will happen, you know, how this will get resolved.”
Build a wall with military funds? Murkowski says no
Sen. Lisa Murkowski also says she’s “concerned about the legality” of President Donald Trump’s idea to declare an emergency on the southern border to access funds for the wall.