WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary on March 5, 2026, by John Kartch and Sean Rowen: * * * Trump Can Help Middle Class By Ending the Inflation Tax on Capital Gains Three-fourths of households with a capital gains filing make less than $200k * President Trump can help middle class households by using his rulemaking authority to end the inflation tax on capital gains. IRS data shows that 74% of households with a capital gains filing make less than   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 7 (TNSLrpt) -- Union Members in Alaska 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Western Region - March 6, 2026 * * * In 2025, union members accounted for an estimated 18.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Alaska, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the estimated number of workers belonging to unions was 57,000. Nationwide, union membe  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- A coalition of 96 national and 181 state organizations submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging it to revise its proposed Reimagining and Improving Student Education rule and include post-baccalaureate nursing degrees in the list of professional degree programs eligible for higher federal student loan limits. The letter asserts that recognizing these advanced nursing degrees is vital for enhancing educational pathways and fortifying the  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13172) on March 6, 2026, by natural resources policy specialist Mariel J. Murray: * * * Federal Management of Tribal Trust Funds: Overview and Selected Issues for Congress Congress has enacted various laws to fulfill the federal trust responsibility, a legal obligation under which the United States - through treaties, acts of Congress, and court decisions - "has charged itself   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Humane World Action Fund (formerly the Humane Society Legislative Fund) issued the following news release on March 6, 2026: * * * Bears' lives caught in government ping pong match Proposed federal rule seeks to roll back critical wildlife protections and allow cruel 'bear baiting' in Alaska's national parks once again * The Trump administration has once again advanced a proposal to strip away wildlife protections and permit some of the most horrific trophy-hunting pra  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sullivan Chairs Hearings on Military Readiness and Arctic Security as Alaska Undergoes Largest Buildup Since WWII * WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Subcommittee on Readiness and the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, chaired two hearings over the past week focused on strengthening U.S. m  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSjou) -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on March 6, 2026: * * * Advocates Reject Proposal to Allow Bear Baiting on National Parklands in Alaska Proposed rule ignores National Park Service obligations to protect wildlife by allowing bear baiting in Denali and Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserves * ANCHORAGE - Wildlife and national parks advocates decried new proposed wildlife regulations released by the Department of Inte  more