Alaska's Economy on Shaky Ground, David Reume - former state economist

The most reliable of the state Department of Labor's three sets of employment numbers tells us that Alaska's current economic performance and outlook are not quite as benign as many people have been led to believe. Instead of employment growing by 0.5 percent in 2009 as had been reported in the least reliable numbers, it actually fell by 0.5 percent (1,600 jobs).

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BC Writer calls for a megaproject linking Alaska to NW BC and Yukon

BC Writer calls for project linking Alaska, BC and Yukon. Says with the Northwest BC Transmission Line underway a railway linking Alaska with BC should be next.Click here to read his blog.