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Less than 10 people die from kidney disease in Alaska during week ending July 8

By Last Frontier News | Jul 14, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis reported in Alaska in the week ending July 8, making up less than 11.1% of total deaths by all causes in Alaska.

Alaska collected 1% more in sales and gross receipts taxes in 2022

By Last Frontier News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $2.4 billion in taxes collected by Alaska in 2022, $270.6 million came from sales and gross receipts taxes, a 1 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Residents and visitors to Alaska paid $2.4 billion in taxes in 2022

By Last Frontier News | Jul 14, 2023

Alaska collected $2.4 billion in taxes in 2022, a 130.5 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Alaska collected 39.5% more in selective sales and gross receipts taxes in 2022

By Last Frontier News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $2.4 billion in taxes collected by Alaska in 2022, $54.9 million came from miscellaneous selective sales and gross receipts taxes, a 39.5 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Alaska ranks 49th in the U.S. for the most selective sales and gross receipts taxes paid in 2022

By Last Frontier News | Jul 14, 2023

In 2022, Alaska collected $270,644,000 in selective sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 49th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Alaska sees a 61.6% decrease in number of VA loans issued from Q2 2022 to Q2 2023

By Last Frontier News | Jul 14, 2023

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued 398 home loans totaling $153.3 million in Alaska during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Alaska collected $42 million in alcoholic beverages sales tax in 2022

By Last Frontier News | Jul 14, 2023

Of the $2.4 billion in taxes collected by Alaska in 2022, 1.7 percent, or $42 million, came from alcoholic beverages sales tax, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Less than 10 people die from influenza and pneumonia in Alaska during week ending July 8

By Last Frontier News | Jul 14, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported in Alaska in the week ending July 8, making up less than 11.1% of total deaths by all causes in Alaska.

Alaska ranked 36th among U.S. states in total VA home loans during 2022

By Last Frontier News | Jul 13, 2023

Alaska ranked 36th in VA home loans in 2022 with 4,442 loans issued.

Alaska ranks 50th in the U.S. for the most sales and gross receipts taxes paid in 2022

By Last Frontier News | Jul 13, 2023

In 2022, Alaska collected $270,644,000 in sales and gross receipts taxes, ranking it 50th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Alaska: Biologics companies were the least FDA inspected companies in Alaska in Q2 2023

By Last Frontier News | Jul 12, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted two inspections at two Biologics companies from Alaska in the second quarter of 2023.

Average VA home loan amount in Alaska increases in Q2

By Last Frontier News | Jul 12, 2023

The average VA loan amount in Alaska during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2023 was $385,173, a 3.4 percent increase over the previous quarter, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Alaska ranks 17th in the U.S. for the most property taxes paid in 2022

By Last Frontier News | Jul 12, 2023

In 2022, Alaska collected $125,219,000 in property taxes, ranking it 17th in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Hailee Bennett Sentenced for Criminally Negligent Homicide

By Last Frontier News Report | Jul 12, 2023

On July 6, 2023, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Catherine Easter sentenced Hailee Bennett, 31 (28 at the time of Incident), to a composite sentence of 6 years 180 days with 4 years 177 days suspended on two counts of criminally negligent homicide for causing the death of pedestrians Johanna Luke (43) and Deborah Nelson (59). Judge Easter also sentenced Bennett for driving under the influence of a combination of methamphetamine and alcoho