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Alaska

Radical Problems and Liberal Solutions | #alaska | #politics

Back when father was a lad, you could go to college without incurring debt. Housing was affordable, and homeownership allowed for wealth accumulation over a lifetime. Payroll jobs with careers were plentiful. Decent employers provided health insurance, and the health system had not been taken over by corporations. A third of workers were represented by […]

Mayor

East Coast mayors call for more office-to-apartment conversions

Mayors in cities across the U.S. want to loosen rules that can slow the pace of office-to-residential conversions. In some instances, cities have offered generous tax abatements to developers who build new housing. “We have a great opportunity to change the uses in the downtown,” said Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser at a December 2022 […]

Arkansas

The Modern-Day Company Towns of Arkansas

This article appears in the August 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. On a sweltering June Sunday earlier this summer, under the shade of a pavilion in Springdale, Arkansas’s Luther George Park, Alice Gachuzo-Colin launched her campaign for city council. The first Black woman ever to run for office in Springdale, Gachuzo-Colin […]

Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | Govt-and-politics | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a finalized state budget Tuesday that he said will pay off the state’s lingering oil and gas tax credits and invest in areas such as public safety, education and infrastructure. Dunleavy, a Republican who faces reelection this year, vetoed hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed […]

Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | National Politics | #alaska | #politics

Alaska

Alaska governor outlines finalized state budget | Govt. & Politics | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a finalized state budget Tuesday that he said will pay off the state’s lingering oil and gas tax credits and invest in areas such as public safety, education and infrastructure. Dunleavy, who faces reelection this year, called the spending plan responsible. He vetoed hundreds of millions […]