June Trends explores household debt — what types people hold, what they mean, and how Alaska and other states compare. Also in this issue is a look at the wholesale trade industry and an update on how the recession has affected different areas of the state. Some have been hit hard while others have continued to add jobs over the last two years.
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development
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The 2018 federal budget was passed and signed into law in late March. The omnibus bill calls for $65 million in base funding for Sea Grant and $11.5 million in directed funding for aquaculture. That’s an increase of $4 million over last year’s appropriation to Sea Grant.
“It is a testament to the high caliber of the work done by everyone in the Sea Grant network and the impacts we have had on our constituents,” said Jonathan Pennock, director, National Sea Grant College Program.
The White House had proposed eliminating all funding for Sea Grant earlier this year.
Read the full article here.
Source: Alaska Sea Grant: Good news from D.C. on Sea Grant funding
April’s issue profiles the Fairbanks North Star Borough and gives an update on how Alaska’s retail industry is doing amid a recession and the growing influence of e-commerce.
Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development
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Source: Advance CTE
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