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✍️ Reporter @alaskabeacon.com, covering Alaska statewide news, politics & policy, focused on education, and social and criminal justice
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialHere's a South Korea-focused version, where executives are trying to market more fish farming (without a paywall)
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialIncredible 5 year investigation by the Outlaw Ocean Project ($1 to read)
"Any accounting of the true impact of aquaculture has to start not with the farm, but with the feed."
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialIt's in the first line of the story
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialImportant listen. Devastating displacement and damage for so many in Western Alaska. And will displaced residents get support and assistance to establish an interim village, and long-term, support for relocation to rebuild their lives?
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialThe Trump administration announced the new rule eliminating individual environmental reviews for oil development exploration yesterday, and it took effect today.
@19thnews.orgReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialNearly 50 million people ages 18 to 29 are eligible to vote in November, making Gen Z a prized cohort of the electorate. @statesnewsroom.com and The 19th are examining how they view candidates and policies, the messages they’re receiving and their role in the midterms. https://bit.ly/4egtkOz
@alaskapublic.orgReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialA new study reveals that 37% of households in our state aren’t earning enough to cover essential expenses like housing, food, childcare and healthcare. That’s dramatically more than the number of households below the federal poverty line. Listen to this weeks Alaska Economic Report below:
@adn.comReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialAn Anchorage house cleaner says he has no criminal history and is in the U.S. legally. One week after his arrest, ICE detained and jailed a teenage University of Alaska student.
@alaskabeacon.comReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialDocuments show DHS probed nonprofits, obtained millions of records in hunt for noncitizen voters, writes @jonshorman.bsky.social for our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/08/r...
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialFascinating read: “I was called the darling of the Republican Party,” she said. “I was called a new face of Gen Z Republicans in Kansas. I was labeled before I even had a chance to legislate. And when I did not live up to the hype, my own party turned on me.”
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialCorrection: Brigman was on the job for *less than 3 months* in Kodiak before suddenly resigning
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialYou're right! My mistake, reading too fast. I thought he was hired in Jan
@alaskabeacon.comReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialMost candidates for Alaska governor pledge to live in Juneau if elected, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/08/m...
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialNEW: Gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor has agreed to settle with APOC and pay a small fine and disclose over $187,000 in expenditures to a handful of campaign consulting businesses he previously reported as "retainers" or "research"
@alaskabeacon.comReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialAlaska gubernatorial candidate settles campaign finance complaint with state regulators, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/07/a...
@corinne-smith.bsky.socialWow. Daniel Brigman suddenly resigned as Kodiak Island Borough School District superintendent 9 months into the job - his FOURTH time doing so.
He similarly resigned and took buy outs from districts in North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia
@corinne-smith.bsky.social27 days until the Election - Alaska candidates for governor JKT, Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson make a campaign stop for the Juneau Chamber of Commerce forum today. Treg Taylor wasnt able to attend, apparently due to flight schedules.
@alaskabeacon.comReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialWhere do Alaska’s gubernatorial candidates stand on the gas pipeline and energy? Read more from @alaska.bsky.social @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/07/w...
@nativenewsonline.bsky.socialReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialSupreme Court Declines Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, leaving in place…
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/supreme-court-declines-challenge-to-indian-child-welfare-act/
@propublica.orgReposted by @corinne-smith.bsky.socialThe government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
