AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoBLM Policy Reversal: The Bureau of Land Management has ended a rule that treated conservation as a legitimate public-land use on par with grazing, mining and energy development, undoing a system that would have let groups and Tribes pay for restoration or protection leases. Native Finance: Interior says it distributed $28 million to Native families after probate cases were completed through the Office of Hearings and Appeals. Alaska PFD Fraud: A Nigerian-American man, Adepoju Salako, was sentenced to 18 months for a 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend scam that hijacked seven Alaskans’ myAlaska accounts to reroute payments; the state rejected the applications before money went out. Travel Pressure: With Memorial Day gas and jet-fuel costs still high, Spirit’s collapse is leaving some travelers scrambling for cheaper alternatives. Deep-Sea Mining Push: Regulators are fast-tracking permits as more companies join the deep-sea mining rush, even as questions remain about track records and how minerals would be processed.
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