WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Higher Education Policy issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: A new research brief, Layers of Identity: Rethinking American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Data Collection in Higher Education, released today by the Institute for Higher Education Policy, reveals significant shortcomings in the way higher education collects, reports, and analyzes data on Indigenous students. These gaps in our postsecondary data system undermine effort  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 18 -- Friends of the Earth issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: Today a coalition of conservation organizations filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision that protects Bristol Bay from harmful mines, like the proposed Pebble Mine, under Section 404 (c) of the Clean Water Act. EPA's decision in January 2023 blocking discharges related to the proposed copper and gold mine was a hard won victor  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 18 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: * * * Earthjustice and NRDC join with Trustees for Alaska on behalf of 15 groups to defend Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine * * * Today, a coalition of conservation organizations filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision that protects Bristol Bay from harmful mines, like the proposed Pebble Mine, under Section 404(c) of the C  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 17 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Texas and Alaska Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage Year-over-Year Increases, While Ohio and Iowa Trail; Michigan Has Largest Number and Percent of Monthly Gains, While New York and Maryland Have Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 39 states in April from a year earlier, while 29 states added construction jobs between March and April, according t  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNSres) -- The Consumer Federation of America issued the following news release: * * * Law Will Require Signs Posted at Retail with Statement "Alcohol Use Can Cause Cancer, Including Breast and Colon Cancers" * * * Consumer Federation of America celebrated the Alaska State Senate's passage of legislation (https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=HB0189D) late Wednesday night that will require all alcohol retailers in the state to post cancer warning signs at the poin  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued the following news release: Delta College Public Media in Michigan, Community Radio Project, Inc. in Colorado, and KSTK Stikine River Radio and Silakkuagvik Communications' KBRW in rural Alaska have been awarded funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting. CPB awards the grants through the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program, funde  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSres) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following report on May 14, 2024, by Sebastian Martinez Hickey entitled "Understanding the impact of Alaska's proposed $15 minimum wage." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive summary This November, Alaska voters will decide whether to increase the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027. This new wage floor will produce significant increases for Alaska's low-wage workers, helping them make ends meet amid high costs o  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 17 -- Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news release: The Alaska chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement after lawmakers adjourned the legislative session without passing SB 173, a bill that would have required schools in Alaska to assign certain teachers, staff, or volunteers the duty of carrying a gun at school. By also granting immunity to schools and pe  more