Monday - August 24, 2026

Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Alaska

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Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities Opposes DOJ Extension of Compliance Dates for Web Accessibility Rule
WASHINGTON, July 6 -- A group of 68 disability advocacy organizations operating as Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities has voiced opposition in a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Justice's interim final rule that extends compliance deadlines for the 2024 regulation on nondiscrimination concerning web content and mobile applications accessibility. The rule impacts recipients of Departmental financial assistance and was designed to ensure equitable access for people with d  more
House Energy & Commerce Ranking Member Pallone: Republicans' Disastrous Health Care Agenda Leaves Millions of Americans Without Coverage
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Republicans' Disastrous Health Care Agenda Leaves Millions of Americans Without Coverage One Year After Trump's Big Ugly Bill Cut $1 Trillion in Funding From Medicaid And The Affordable Care Act, One in Four Americans Have Dropped Their Marketplace Coverage - House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J  more
McMaster University: First Americans Hunted Largest Game Through Western Hemisphere, Researchers Find
HAMILTON, Ontario, July 4 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * First Americans hunted largest game through Western Hemisphere, researchers find The earliest Indigenous populations in the Americas had highly specialized diets, primarily hunting the largest animals on the landscape, archeologists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and McMaster found. - New research led by archeologists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and McMaster University reveals  more