Corinne Smith
@corinne-smith.bsky.social
✍️ Reporter @alaskabeacon.com, covering Alaska statewide news, politics & policy, focused on education, and social and criminal justice www.alaskabeacon.com
"Employers treat more than 1 in 3 U.S. workers as disposable. That comes to just under 57 million full- or part-time workers out of the nation’s workforce of 162 million."
Alaska Beacon@alaskabeacon.com · 5h agoCOMMENTARY: U.S. employers are relying more and more on ‘disposable’ workers, writes labor economist Paul Osterman in a commentary @theconversation.com @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/24/u...
NEW: I spent 3 days digging into the Alaska House candidates' campaign finance disclosure reports and found independent and Democratic candidates are largely out-fundraising Republicans, esp in races with open seats 👇 alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/23/i...
Independents, Democrats out-fundraise Republican incumbents in most Alaska House races | Alaska Beacon
Democratic and independent candidates for the Alaska State House are largely out-fundraising Republican opponents in races for Republican-held seats.
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Independents, Democrats out-fundraise Republican incumbents in most Alaska House races, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/23/i...
Independents, Democrats out-fundraise Republican incumbents in most Alaska House races | Alaska Beacon
Democratic and independent candidates for the Alaska State House are largely out-fundraising Republican opponents in races for Republican-held seats.
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Great to Alaska Beacon's @yjrosen.bsky.social recognized for outstanding reporting on the impacts of ex-typhoon Halong in western Alaska last October. #akwx #AlaskaSky
Corinne Smith@corinne-smith.bsky.social · yesterdayThanks to Yereth and her excellent reporting on climate change threats to Western Alaska exacerbated by the Trump administration's cuts to mitigation efforts, NOAA/weather monitoring which left residents with less warning ahead of Typhoon Halong. Read the story here: alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/17/t...
David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism @alaskabeacon.com @agu.org Congratulations!! @yjrosen.bsky.social @corinne-smith.bsky.social 🙌🧪🌊🦑🏅
AGU (American Geophysical Union)@agu.org · 2d ago🏆 AGU is excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Union Medals, Awards and Prizes; Fellows; and Section Awards and Lectures. Please join us in congratulating these accomplished individuals. spklr.io/63325ETfjN
Thanks to Yereth and her excellent reporting on climate change threats to Western Alaska exacerbated by the Trump administration's cuts to mitigation efforts, NOAA/weather monitoring which left residents with less warning ahead of Typhoon Halong. Read the story here: alaskabeacon.com/2025/10/17/t...
Typhoon disaster in Western Alaska raises questions around the region’s future | Alaska Beacon
Climate change forces are combining to make the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta especially vulnerable and possibly unable to support residents.
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Ocean Acidification Research Center@uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · yesterdayDavid Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism @alaskabeacon.com @agu.org Congratulations!! @yjrosen.bsky.social @corinne-smith.bsky.social 🙌🧪🌊🦑🏅
The Alaska Public Offices Commission is set to determine whether Bernadette Wilson, who is running for governor, is required to disclose her company’s customers.
Bernadette Wilson tells Alaska campaign regulators she has no contact with her garbage disposal company clients
The Alaska Public Offices Commission is set to determine whether Wilson, who is running for governor, is required to disclose her company’s customers.
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You’ll do anything for your baby. The algorithm knows how to exploit that, writes @chabeli.bsky.social for @19thnews.org Read more @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/22/y...
You’ll do anything for your baby. The algorithm knows how to exploit that. | Alaska Beacon
Bringing home a bundle of joy in America today unleashes a digital onslaught of advertisements pushing products, services and apps that target mothers most fiercely, with a clear promise: The gadget t...
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In 2024 the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents. He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for govt contracts. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Flu and flu-related sickness killed 36 Alaskans last winter, writes @alaska.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/21/f...
Flu and flu-related sickness killed 36 Alaskans last winter | Alaska Beacon
Flu deaths rose for a third consecutive season, the Alaska Department of Health said in its annual review of last winter's flu season.
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Chugiak High student Elara Bradley, 13, won the state civics bee finals in June, punching her ticket to the National Civics Bee in Washington, D.C., next month.
Chugiak student takes advocacy of darkness-related health issues to National Civics Bee
Elara Bradley, 13, won the state civics bee finals in June, punching her ticket to the National Civics Bee in Washington, D.C., next month.
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Alaska federal judge nominee dodges 2020 election, Jan. 6 questions in confirmation hearing, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/18/a...
Alaska federal judge nominee dodges 2020 election, Jan. 6 questions in confirmation hearing | Alaska Beacon
An Alaska nominee for federal judge joined other nominees in a joint confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and declined to answer some questions about the 2020 e...
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Omg where else but Alaska could you stumble upon a mammoth tusk during a marathon :) www.kotz.org/kotz-local-n...
Kotzebue’s Cape Blossom Marathon triples turnout in its second year
This year, with 49 total racers, the Cape Blossom Marathon hosted nearly three times more participants than its inaugural race last year. As one of just a few races above the Arctic Circle, it's as un...
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Among Alaska's rejected ballots - A Naknek resident voted by absentee ballot almost 2 weeks before primary Election Day but it still did not arrive on time and was thrown out. Great reporting by @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/17/m...
Mail trouble canceled some Alaska primary votes in Western Alaska | Alaska Beacon
Statewide, about 3.4% of absentee ballots were rejected for various problems but ballots arrived in line with 2020, 2018 and 2016.
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The good news? Most absentee ballots for the primary didn't arrive significantly later than usual. The bad news? Ballots in some low-turnout districts arrived so late that they didn't even make the list of disqualified late ballots. #akleg #Alaska
Alaska Beacon@alaskabeacon.com · last wk.Mail trouble canceled some Alaska primary votes in Western Alaska, writes @alaska.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/17/m...
Excellent coverage by my colleague @yjrosen.bsky.social on where Alaska candidates for governor stand on healthcare issues alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/17/a...
Alaska gubernatorial forum puts healthcare at center stage | Alaska Beacon
Medicaid enrollment, rural issues and mental health were among the topics discussed at an Alaska Hospital and Healthcare Association event.
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Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor, who is running for governor, accepted $69,000 in travel-related gifts last year and failed to disclose them as required by law, according to a Daily News review. www.adn.com/politics/202...
Treg Taylor accepted $69,000 in travel-related gifts last year as Alaska’s attorney general
The Republican gubernatorial candidate did not include the travel gifts on a required campaign financial disclosure.
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Alaska nominee for federal judge Kyle Reardon was among those who declined to answer "who won the popular vote in 2020" and "was the US Capitol attacked on Jan 6" ...
patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social · last wk.Here are six more men, all nominated by Trump to serve as lifetime federal judges, refusing to say that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Alaska senators question legality of state land transfer for possible Mat-Su data centers, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/16/a...
Alaska senators question legality of state land transfer for possible Mat-Su data centers | Alaska Beacon
The prospect of data centers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough has raised public concern and scrutiny of a proposed state land transfer of nearly 20,000 acres to the Alaska Industrial Development and E...
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An Anchorage Superior Court will be hearing oral arguments shortly on the lawsuit against the Division of Elections brought by the ACLU & League of Women Voters challenging the division sharing Alaska voter rolls with the US Department of Justice Here's the court livestream: stream.akcourts.gov
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How do Mat-Su students feel about this? I want to hear. Are there issues with violence or threats of violence now? And how do they feel about going to school with unidentified adults with guns? www.matsusentinel.com/mat-su-moves...
Mat-Su moves ahead with school concealed carry program using state, taxpayer funds
Supporters say the program is necessary to keep students safe.
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Incumbent GOP Rep. Nick Begich III and independent challenger Bill Hill agreed on most fisheries issues in the Kodiak debate, including support for reducing bycatch and protecting fish stocks. @alaskabeacon.com
Leading candidates in Alaska US House race endorse bycatch limits in fisheries debate
Incumbent Republican Rep. Nick Begich III and independent challenger Bill Hill agreed on most fisheries issues in the Kodiak debate, including support for reducing bycatch and protecting fish stocks.
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The House is set to leave for a seven-week campaign break later today after spending 72 days in session so far this year. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-h...
US House to leave for campaign break without action on AI, affordability
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to depart Wednesday evening for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September.The extended “district wor...
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Iran war cost tops $40B and billions more monthly, budget analysis finds. Read more from @jennifershutt.bsky.social and our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/09/15/r...
Iran war cost tops $40B and billions more monthly, budget analysis finds | Alaska Beacon
The ongoing bombing campaign, which President Donald Trump launched alongside the Israeli government in February, has also significantly reduced American military weapons stockpiles.
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The state of Alaska imposed an enormous emotional, social, and financial toll on a family, all to prove a voter fraud case that from the start was extremely iffy at best. The family is thrilled to have the charges dropped, but the trauma is hard to unwind. boltsmag.org/charges-drop...
A big update to an important case: Alaska is dropping charges against a family of American Samoans it had accused of voting crimes. It should not be forgotten that Alaska inflicted enormous hardship and trauma, for years, for a simple, understandable mistake that the state itself helped facilitate.
After a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting - Bolts
Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.
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The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen new military data centers near Anchorage, Healy and Fairbanks. It's offered to lease about 4,700 acres of government land to private companies, though no projects have been awarded yet.
Forget jets and helicopters. Data centers could be Alaska military towns' next noisy neighbors
The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen new military data centers near Anchorage, Healy and Fairbanks.
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Update: The Anchorage non-profit Bartlett Community Forum is hosting a panel with candidates for lieutenant governor on Weds Oct 15 @ noon. TBD if it will be live-streamed www.bartlettcommunityforum.org/calendar
Corinne Smith@corinne-smith.bsky.social · 2w agoGiven all the upheaval with the Alaska Division of Elections under Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom disqualifying/reinstating candidates, plus sharing voter rolls w DOJ, etc.. we should have a debate with all candidates for Lt. Gov. to hear how they would run the Division of Elections.
"Serving as the administration’s main voice on the Arctic, he’s advanced some of the president’s wildest ambitions, like a takeover of Greenland, and rankled NATO allies in the process." Plus his twin brother was director of Project 2025 👀 www.propublica.org/article/thom...
How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...
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