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2024年12月24日 · As ‘smart cities’ tools grow nationwide, so do privacy and ethical concerns BY: Paige Gross - December 24, 2024 After nearly a week of searching for a suspect in the hit-and-run death of an 81-year-old St. Helena, California woman this summer, police found and arrested a man with the help of license plate reading cameras that registered him near the scene.
Alaska legislators, citing some citizen complaints, probe …
2024年12月25日 · Alaska’s elections chief defended her division’s management of the 2024 elections at a legislative hearing last week, but she acknowledged that logistical challenges created problems for some voters. Carol Beecher, director of the Division of Elections, reviewed the operations during a more than ...
Energy prices are rising. The Dunleavy administration refuses to …
6 天之前 · Most residential Chugach Electric members in Anchorage pay 22.5 cents per kilowatt-hour for their electricity — far higher than the national average of 16.6 cents/kWh.Rural Alaskans pay even more, and there are few signs of improvement. The lion’s share of Anchorage’s energy comes from natural gas, which is becoming more expensive as development in Cook Inlet stalls.
Alaska voters favor minimum wage hike, sick leave mandate, with …
2024年11月6日 · Alaska voters favored a ballot measure backed by labor unions by a margin of 12.46 percentage points with roughly 70% of the ballots counted early Wednesday.
Scores of Alaskans face another eye-watering spike in their health …
2024年12月24日 · Health; Commentary Scores of Alaskans face another eye-watering spike in their health care costs next year Premiums for Alaska health insurance plans on the federal marketplace have spiked more than 50% over the past three years.
Alaska election results are official: Here are 5 takeaways
2024年11月30日 · Alaska’s election results were made official on Saturday, after the state review board finished certifying the results. Here are five takeaways from the final results: There were no changes in the outcomes, but the margin defeating ranked choice repeal grew
Alaska chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats …
2024年11月20日 · Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system survived, while Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich defeated Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, according to the unofficial results released on Wednesday.
Dire condition of Alaska’s seafood industry has many causes and …
2024年11月19日 · In a panel discussion at last week’s Resource Development Council for Alaska annual conference in Anchorage, Bundrant pointed to the recently announced Russian decision to increase its allowable catch of pollock by 7% to 2.46 million metric tons. The Russian quota decision ran counter to advice from some scientists and pleas from some Russian fishing …
Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong
2024年5月10日 · On Saturday, the Alaska Beacon will mark the second anniversary of its May 11, 2022, launch.Just like this week, the launch week was the last of the legislative session, and the Beacon connected from Day One with Alaskans thirsty to …