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Projected Social Security benefits cliff creeps up to 2032, writes @jennifershutt.bsky.social for our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/09/r...
Land transfer to Alaska Native corporation preserves stretch of Nome River, writes @yjrosen.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com
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Congress must act to shore up Social Security during the next six years to avoid an automatic drop-off in benefits in 2032, according to a report released Tuesday.
Bethel photojournalist Katie Baldwin Basile fixes her lens on Western Alaskans whose lives were changed by ex-typhoon Halong. Read and see more @alaskabeacon.com via Northern Journal
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Billions for the next 3 years of Trump’s mass deportation campaign signed into law, writes @jennifershutt.bsky.social for our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/10/r...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail, writes Jonathan Shorman for our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com @alaskabeacon.com
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COMMENTARY: The trans-Alaska pipeline paid taxes. So can the LNG, writes Fairbanks' Steven Bridwell in a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/09/t...
COMMENTARY: Fairbanks-based energy researcher Gwen Holdmann considers whether geothermal energy has a future in Alaska in a commentary for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/10/d...
Federal appeals judges reject lawsuit against Alaska Airlines by former state senator, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com
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President Donald Trump significantly bolstered funding for immigration enforcement Wednesday when he signed into law a nearly $70 billion package that will keep key federal agencies operating without ...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail bal...
Trump launches new strikes on Iran after US Army helicopter downed, writes @ashleymurray.bsky.social for our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/09/r...
Alaska drops to 47th in the nation in overall child well-being, new report says. More from @corinne-smith.bsky.social at @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/08/a...
U.S. forces launched renewed strikes on Iran late Tuesday, in response to the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter a day earlier.
Alaska dropped seven places to rank 47th in the nation in overall child well-being, according to a nationally recognized survey by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
