Last Frontier News

State elections official mum on reform plan to bar noncitizen voting

By Metric Media News Service | Mar 14, 2023

Alaska's elections chief, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, did not respond to a request for comment about a reform plan proposed by the advocacy group Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV) to bar all noncitizens from voting in any Alaska election.

Alaska homicide rate estimated at 6.7 per 100,000 last year, FBI reports

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 6, 2021

Alaska last year recorded a homicide rate of 6.7 per 100,000 residents, compared to the U.S. rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 4.3 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released FBI crime data.

Alaska received $556.8 million in school stimulus funds during pandemic

By Metric Media News Service | Sep 29, 2021

The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that Alaska received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $556.8 million, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

Top marginal tax rate in Alaska could reach 49.34% under Biden plan

By Metric Media News Service | Oct 22, 2020

Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in Alaska could hit 49.34 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.