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Alaska Beacon reporter James Brooks has been following the marijuana industry's efforts to change how it is taxed, and Brooks says representatives are advocating for, not only lower taxes, but a ...
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that would help provide lower interest loans to commercial fishers, claiming the ...
Legislators will have an opportunity to call for an override vote on most of those vetoes when they meet Aug. 2 for a special ...
Employers have used free meals and snacks to lure workers back to the office. Republicans decided that’s no longer worth a ...
The global space-launch industry is welcoming the prospect of launching rockets from Alaska’s two spaceports to relieve the ...
State officials and industry leaders trying to rescue the ailing Alaska seafood industry are facing daunting challenges, recently released numbers show. The industry lost $1.8 billion last year ...
Marijuana plants grow at the Great Northern Cannabis facility in Anchorage in 2017. (Marc Lester / ADN) After years of growth, Alaska’s cannabis industry appears to be hitting a plateau, with ...
Alaska lawmakers from fishing-dependent communities say they have ideas for ways to rescue the state’s beleaguered seafood industry, with a series of bills likely to follow. Members of a ...
A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood industry to lose $1.8 billion from 2022 to 2023, a new federal ...
Alaska Airlines extends Companion Fare benefit to Hawaiian Airlines flights, creating competitive advantages through enhanced ...
Low clouds hang over Kodiak's St. Paul Harbor on Oct. 3, 2022. Economic woes in Alaska's seafood industry have affected numerous fishing-dependent communities like Kodiak.