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States that have increased taxes the most in the last four decades – KION546

States that have increased taxes the most in the last four decades – KION546

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States that have increased taxes the most in the last four decades

A person filling out an income tax form.

Depending on where you live in the U.S., your state and local taxes may have shifted over the last year.

The feared decline in American spending at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic never fully materialized as stimulus and pandemic aid programs kept consumers buying and sending sales taxes into state and local government coffers.

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A Native Alaska Community’s Reckoning With Vaccine Hesitan

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New COVID-19 boosters are now available in the U.S., freshly retooled for omicron subvariants. But booster uptake has been abysmal; only 13 percent of people above the age of 5 have gotten one since the bivalent vaccines first became ... Read more

Project of the Year Finalist, Best Highway/Bridge: Kake Acce

Kake Access Road Petersburg, Alaska Best Highway/Bridge; Finalist – Project of the Year Submitted By: Kiewit Infrastructure Owner/Lead Design Firm: Alaska Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities General Contractor: Kiewit Infrastructure
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Planet Alaska: Winter words

We’re keeping a watchful eye on the direction of lava flow from Mauna Loa, and we’re thinking about snow. Winter words, that is. We’re thinking about what phrases and words to use to create a Lingít language immersion outing in the winter.
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Serbs give UNESCO the sliv

Let us raise a toast to Serbia for getting a relative Jewy item onto the United Nations’ list of items with “intangible cultural heritage.”

That item is slivovitz, a plum brandy traditionally associated with Passover by many Ashkenazi Jews.

The decision was made at UNESCO’s conference in Morocco this week, where France successfully campaigned for including the decidedly less Passover-appropriate baguette on the list, and Saudi Arabia, Oman, and United Arab Emirates jointly entered Alheda’a, which, as you prob ... Read more

Brian O’Connor new managing editor at Watertown Daily Time

Brian O’Connor has been named managing editor of the Watertown Daily Times and Daily Jefferson County Union, Adams Publishing Group of Wisconsin has announced. He started work with the newspapers on Nov. 29.

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New mobile salmon processing platform under development in U

Sitka, Alaska-based Northline Seafoods has launched a new project to build a mobile commercial salmon processing platform, with construction planned to begin at the Port of Bellingham in Washington State in January 2023. Named Hannah, the platform is ... Read more

Alaska Bycatch Review Task Force final report: more rules an

Created in 2021 to review bycatch issues impacting salmon, crab and halibut in Alaska, the Alaska Bycatch Review Task Force delivered its final report to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy in December.

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Naveen Sharma

Issaquah, Washington

Mayor Pauly believes that all elected officials are servant leaders for the community they represent. As electeds, it is most important that we connect with our community, work to understand the values, goals and priorities of this special community, and reflect that in all the work that we do.