Rep. Julie Coulombe, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Sen. Jesse Bjorkman By BRENDA JOSEPHSON This week saw the fruition of a grassroots effort to improve Alaska’s property tax assessment process by establishing guardrails to protect the public from bad actors from abusing property owners at the local level. Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed SB179, an act relating to municipal
A widely followed crypto analyst says that the chart of the market cap for most digital assets is flashing a bullish signal against Bitcoin (BTC). Crypto trader Michaël van de Poppe tells his 723,100 followers on the social media platform X that the TOTAL3 chart appears gearing up for a breakout against the top digital
Jennifer McCormick meets media June 18, 2024 in Indianapolis. (Mia Hilkowitz/Indiana Capital Chronicle) INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s Democratic nominee for governor unveiled her $600 million plan Thursday for addressing rising property taxes, including fiscal impact and estimated savings for taxpayers. Jennifer McCormick’s campaign team published a fact sheet Thursday morning, touting the plan as a way to
A now-deceased state employee used her position with the state Department of Revenue to create 13 fake vehicle titles, which were used to secure $400,000 in loans, Attorney General Marty Jackley’s office confirmed Thursday. The Dakota Scout newspaper had previously reported that a woman named Sandra O’Day, a three-decade state employee, had engaged in the
Navigating life’s financial milestones We put pressure on ourselves to earn or save more money when we hit a certain age. We asked an expert to help navigate life’s financial milestones. MILWAUKEE – Sometimes, we put pressure on ourselves to earn or save more money when we hit a certain age. How much should we
One decentralized exchange (DEX) altcoin is on the verge of the “mother of all squeezes,” according to a popular crypto analyst. The pseudonymous trader known as The Crypto Dog tells his 810,100 followers on the social media platform X that he’s bullish on the native token of GMX, a DEX that operates on the Arbitrum
The value of funds taken in hacking activities and ransomware attacks rose during the first seven months of the year. These increases were driven by the higher value of bitcoin and by ransomware attacks targeting larger organizations, Chainalysis said in a Thursday (Aug. 15) crypto crime mid-year update. Stolen funds inflows rose by about 84%
DOLTON, Ill. – Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza has immediately suspended all “offset” funds to the Village of Dolton due to what she says are ongoing reporting failures by Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s administration. “Offset” funds are monies collected from state payments that the Comptroller’s office withholds from people who owe fines or other payments to
U.S. Treasury yields were slightly higher on Thursday as investors digested the latest inflation figures and looked to further key economic data. At 3:46 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury yield was up by nearly one basis point to 3.8314%. The 2-year Treasury yield was last more than one basis point higher to
On Wednesday evening, top Democrats joined a “Crypto4Harris” virtual town hall to show support both for the digital asset sector and for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. It is the latest move by Democrats to try to recast their party as pro-crypto, after years of being viewed as skeptics of the industry. Senate Majority Leader Chuck