Alaska governor’s budget plan includes roughly $3,400 checks for residents and deficit of nearly $1B
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a budget plan Thursday that would pay residents an oil-wealth dividend…
Senate passes defense policy bill with 5.2% pay raise for troops, the biggest boost in decades
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a defense policy bill Wednesday that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more…
Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial wind power onto US grid
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Off the coast of eastern Long Island, an 800-foot tall turbine has begun sending electricity onto…
Hundreds of thousands in North Carolina will be added to Medicaid rolls this week
RALEIGH, N.C. — A decade after the federal government began offering expanded Medicaid coverage in states that opted to accept…