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House passes bill to eliminate hair discrimination, but deletes workplace protection

BY: - May 11, 2022

A Senate bill that aims to eliminate hair discrimination in the school and workplace passed the House Tuesday, but in a drastically different form. An amendment deleted the portion relating to the workplace. In the bill’s original intent, school boards and employers wouldn’t be allowed to adopt a dress code that: prohibits an individual from […]

Two earthquakes struck the waters off the Alaska Peninsula almost eactly a year apart. The magnitude 7.8 Simeonof earthquake of 2020 is shown in black. The magnitude 8.2 Chignik earthquake of 2021 is shown in purple. Red lines show contours of other major earthquakes in the past. (Illustration from Science Advances)

Recent earthquakes may raise risk of Alaska tsunami, study finds

BY: - May 11, 2022

The dual earthquake action deep underground appears to have increased the risks of future tsunamis in that region, the study said.

The Alaska State Capitol is seen on Monday, May 2, 2022 in Juneau, Alaska. (James Brooks / Alaska Beacon)

Scholarship fund’s fate depends on Alaska Legislature

BY: - May 11, 2022

The Alaska House of Representatives has voted to refill the fund with hundreds of millions of dollars in expected oil revenue, but unless lawmakers also change the language of the state law that created the fund, it will be automatically drained again.