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The members of Alaska’s congressional delegation insist their efforts to clear the way for large cruise ships to return to Alaska waters this year are gaining momentum despite little movement of legislation likely need to finish the work.
Wed, 04/28/2021 - 8:48am
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during an April 9 press briefing to announce a package of relief for tourism businesses impacted by the 2020 and 2021 disruptions to the summer season brought on by COVID-19 mitigation measures. On April 20 he announced the state would seek to join a lawsuit by the State of Florida against the Centers for Disease Control to lift the current no-sail order on cruise ships. (Photo/Kevin Goodman/Office of the Governor)
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is trying to salvage Alaska’s fast-approaching summer tourism season through a Florida court.
The governor’s office announced April 20 that the Dunleavy administration would attempt to intervene in the State of Florida’s lawsuit against the Centers for Disease control to lift the federal agency’s Conditional Sailing Order that currently prohibits large cruise ships from sailing in domestic waters.
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Wed, 04/21/2021 - 8:53am
A newly published Outside economic outlook for oil and gas-heavy states backs up what local forecasters have been saying: It’s going to be a long slog back for Alaska.
The April 15 S&P Global report entitled, “U.S. Oil and Gas-Dependent States Are Out Of The Woods (For Now),” concludes that Alaska’s economic recovery from the pandemic is likely to be amongst the slowest in the nation, with Texas being the only traditional oil state to be among the national leaders in near-term growth.
The international market analysis firm believes the national economy will see gross domestic product, or GDP, growth of 6.5 percent this year and 3.1 percent in 2022 after contracting by 3.5 percent last year, but the recovery will be “uneven,” according to the report.