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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to try to hasten the restart of cruising as the industry remains shut down in U.S. waters amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced the decision on Tuesday. “We deserve the chance to have tourism and jobs,” Dunleavy said in the announcement. “The cruise industry is vital to the economic health of Alaska. Alaska has already suffered an economic loss of $3 billion due to the cancellation of the 2020 cruise ship season, and faces another (unnecessary) economic loss in 2021.” "The @CDCgov's arbitrary decision to st...

(SitNews) Juneau, Alaska -   Governor Mike Dunleavy has announced the State of Alaska is joining a Florida lawsuit against the Federal Center for Disease Control (CDC). The lawsuit challenges the CDC’s job-killing shutdown of the cruise industry through its Conditional Sailing Order on the grounds that it goes beyond the scope of the CDC’s legal authority. The Conditional Sailing Order also fails to recognize the cruise industry’s voluntary safety measures and the safe resumption of cruising in other countries. Over 400,000 passengers have returned to cruising in nearly a d...

No sail, big worries: CDC halt to cruises creates unease in Alabama Updated 8:00 AM; Today 8:00 AM The Alabama Cruise Terminal pictured during the afternoon hours on Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Mobile, Ala. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com). Facebook Share Angela Oaks Ockman is ready to get back to cruising. She booked an excursion out of Mobile aboard the Carnival Sensation on September 27. And if all goes well, it will be her husband’s and stepson’s first-ever cruise. But as of right now, there is no cruise ship in Mobile. There is no cruising occurring anywhere in the United States, as t...

Five things in Alaska politics that you need to know this week.

Earlier: Halt on J&J COVID-19 vaccine will continue in U.S. until more data on rare blood clotting disorder is available A pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should continue until more is known about a rare vaccine side effect, a federal advisory committee decided Wednesday. The committee will meet again in a week to 10 days to evaluate more data that is expected to become available. Six women in recent weeks, as well as one man in an earlier clinical trial, developed a rare combination of blood clots and low platelet counts within two weeks of receiving the J&J vac...