COVID-19 made a mess of Alaska’s economy, and more than a year into the recovery, some of the fundamental metrics still don’t add up. “Where are the workers?” Dan Robinson asked during an Oct. 27 online presentation hosted by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Robinson is the chief economist in the department’s research and analysis section. He, among
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From left, Arctic Slope Regional Corp. chairman Crawford Patkotak, ASRC Executive Vice President of External Affairs Richard Glenn, ASRC board member Glenn Solomon of Kaktovik and Sayers Tuzroyluk of Point Hope spoke during a pro-drilling rally supporting opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center on Feb. 11, 2019, in Anchorage. (Photo/Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News)
Trump administration officials nearly waited until the last minute to make it happen, but opening bids for an Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain lease sale will be one of the first things Bureau of Land Management Alaska officials do in 2021.