The Economy

As three seasons of bridge work loom, Denali managers and tourist industry adjust

by Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon June 3, 2023 By midsummer in 2026, visitors will likely be traveling over a sophisticated new bridge that clears a geologic hazard that has become a poster child of climate change in Alaska. Until then, the National Park Service and the tourism industry will be...

A default on the U.S. debt would be far worse than a government shutdown. Here’s how.

by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder May 22, 2023 WASHINGTON — A U.S. default on its debt would have a significantly broader impact on federal operations, financial markets and the global economy than recent government shutdowns that have left ordinary Americans largely untouched. While the two have been confused frequently during...