Liz Ruskin
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June 10, 2021 by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media Canada’s federal government is considering how to begin loosening its COVID-19 border restrictions, but it seems likely that the ban on letting Americans cross for nonessential travel will continue past June 21, when the current rules expire. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke this week of taking a phased …
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Red king crab (NOAA) June 4, 2021 by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media Last we checked, king crab was narrowly ahead of three other Alaska seafoods in the Division of Elections’ mock primary. King crab, of course, will never hold elected office. But for now at least, it’s got a lead for the title of “Best Seafood …
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by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media The cruise ship the Silver Shadow. (Photo by Maggie Wall / KMXT) The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday that could allow cruise ships to return to Alaska ports this summer. The bill temporarily lifts the requirement that foreign cruise ships – nearly the entire fleet – stop in …
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April 19, 2021 by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this morning about whether Alaska Native corporations can receive a portion of the $8 billion earmarked in the CARES Act for tribal governments. The case turns on a problematic sentence that specifically includes Alaska Native corporations and then seems to exclude them …
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March 2, 2021 by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reconsider its decision to deny a permit for the proposed Pebble Mine. The agency has accepted an appeal application from the Pebble Limited Partnership. The Army Corps says the application is sufficient to begin an administrative appeal. The Corps decided in …
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February 9, 2021 by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media Ron Thiessen, CEO of Pebble’s parent company, was secretly recorded talking to men he thought were investors. (Still from EIA video) The parent company of the proposed Pebble Mine said it’s cooperating with a federal grand jury investigation. The company said the case relates to conversations about the …