Alaska’s is the second-largest award among all 50 states. The money is meant to bolster the state’s health care system, with Medicaid cuts on the horizon.
Despite efforts from the state's two U.S. senators, thousands of Alaskans who rely on federal subsidies for health insurance are set to change the way they access health care in the coming year — or go without.
Statistically, many of the new homes in Girdwood are destined to become vacation rentals on platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, or second homes that sit empty for the majority of the year.
NOAA funding cuts, economic headwinds and invasive species pose problems, but there was some recovery in crab stocks and salmon harvests. (via Alaska Beacon)
A diminished workforce has struggled to respond to up to 6 million pending cases in its processing centers and 12 million transactions in its field offices - record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.
