Josi Shelley still leads more than halfway through Yukon Quest 750
The race’s two frontrunners have parked their teams at the Yukon River Bridge checkpoint for the race’s mandatory 24-hour layover.
Alaska News
LatestAlaska Marine Lines, ferry officials discuss options for getting electric vehicles to Alaska
AML stopped shipping EVs to Alaska last year, after another company’s ship caught fire and sank off Adak while carrying hundreds of hybrid and electric vehicles.
Procedural objections almost stop Alaska Legislature from extending disaster declaration
Minority House Republicans raised legal concerns, but the extension passed anyway and advanced out of the Capitol.
Alaska delegation split on bill requiring voters to prove citizenship at registration
U.S. Rep. Nick Begich co-sponsored the SAVE Act, though it makes proving citizenship a little harder than he thought.
NPR
LatestVirginia court allows Democrats’ redistricting vote in their plan to counter to Trump
The ruling allows an April election where voters can let the legislature draw a new congressional map. It could help Democrats win more House seats. Republicans might still fight it in court.
A familiar move with a new twist: Trump tries to cut CDC funds he just signed into law
A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states.
Kitty cats and cloud hands – how U.S. Olympic snowboarders keep calm in competition
U.S. snowboarders psych themselves up before competition with heavy metal and pop music, cat photos, and apparently many on the men’s halfpipe team now do Qigong.
Minnesota immigration crackdown will end, border czar says. And, DHS funding to expire
Border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. And, DHS funding is set to expire after lawmakers failed to advance a spending bill.
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