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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alaska Newsletter for Sunday February 09, 2025 ( 4 items )  

AFP-Alaska Applauds Gov. Dunleavy's Focus on Students and Teachers
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 31 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Alaska Applauds Gov. Dunleavy's Focus on Students and Teachers # Jan 31, 2025 by AFP ANCHORAGE, AK - Today, Americans for Prosperity-Alaska (AFP-Alaska) applauded Governor Mike Dunleavy for introducing legislation to increase educational freedom in the Last Frontier. Gov. Dunleavy introduced a package that would empower students and parents to customize educati  more

AFP-Alaska Applauds Interior Secretary Burgum's Efforts to Unleash Alaskan Energy Potential
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP-Alaska Applauds Interior Secretary Burgum's Efforts to Unleash Alaskan Energy Potential # Feb 5, 2025 by AFP ANCHORAGE, AK - On his first day in office, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum outlined his key initiatives, including a plan to unleash American energy starting in the Last Frontier. Burgum's Secretary's Order 3422 directs the Department to prioritize  more

Construction Jobs Increase In Two-Thirds Of Metro Areas Between December 2023 & 2024, As Firms Remain Worried Amid Tight Labor Conditions
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 5 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Jobs Increase In Two-Thirds Of Metro Areas Between December 2023 & 2024, As Firms Remain Worried Amid Tight Labor Conditions Wed, 02/05/2025 - 11:59 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Job Gains over 12 Months, While New York City and Ithaca, N.Y. Experience Worst Job Losses C  more

Rand Issues Commentary: Violence and Crime on Tribal Lands - How Transnational Criminal Organizations Exploit Vulnerable Communities
SANTA MONICA, California, Feb. 4 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * Violence and Crime on Tribal Lands: How Transnational Criminal Organizations Exploit Vulnerable Communities By Thomas Deen and Ryan Andrew Brown American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, already facing challenges from poverty, limited health care access, and unemployment, are now facing the expansion of Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) into their tribal lands. Addr  more