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Alaska’s total commercial salmon harvest this year was ultra-low in both quantity and value BY: Yereth Rosen - November 25, 2024 The number of Alaska salmon harvested by commercial fishers was the third smallest since all-species records began in 1985, and the value to harvesters, when adjusted for inflation, was the lowest reported since 1975, state officials said.
Slight increase in Alaska’s minimum wage coming ahead of larger, …
18 小时之前 · Alaska’s minimum wage workers will get a tiny bump in pay starting on Jan. 1 before a larger increase becomes effective six months later. The state’s minimum wage will increase by 18 cents to $11.91 an hour at the start of the new year, the result of a ballot measure passed 10 years ago, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development said on …
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 …
Vote count tightens for repealing Alaska’s ranked choice system
2024年11月19日 · A day after the votes for keeping Alaska’s open primary and ranked choice voting system overtook those to repeal it, the vote count tightened on Tuesday.. The votes against the ballot measure to repeal the system are only 45 votes ahead of those in favor of repeal, after having a 192-vote lead on Monday. Until then, the votes to pass the measure had been ahead …
Alaska chooses to keep ranked choice voting, Begich defeats …
2024年11月21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. The Alaska Division of Elections completed the ranked choice tabulations for all ...
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. Voters weighed in on Ballot Measure 1, which would provide three new protections for workers: an increase in the minimum wage, a mandate for ...
New Alaska House majority caucus names priorities, committee …
3 天之前 · Funding Alaska schools in a stable way, addressing energy needs, reforming public employee retirements and balancing the state budget are the top priorities for the state House of Representatives majority caucus, incoming leaders said. The majority filled out its leadership team and committee ...
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A new minimum wage, paid sick leave will make Alaska a better …
2024年10月21日 · I have both worked for hourly wages and for many years operated restaurant businesses paying hourly wages. During college and around and about my service in the Army, including a tour in Vietnam, I worked as a roughneck on oil rigs throughout the West.
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