2024 Press Releases

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Department hosts annual Governor's Safety and Health Conference</a></li> <li class="news-item"><a href="/news/2025/news25-5.htm">(3-28-2025) - February jobs up 1.6 percent from February 2024</a></li> <li class="news-item"><a href="/news/2025/news25-4.htm">(3-12-2025) - Department and Alaska Safety Alliance release new workforce plan</a></li> <li class="news-item"><a href="/news/2025/news25-3.htm">(3-4-2025) - Supporting federal workers</a></li> <li class="news-item"><a href="/news/2025/news25-2.htm">(1-24-2025) - December jobs up 1.9 percent from December 2023</a></li> <li class="news-item"><a href="/news/2025/news25-1.htm">(1-7-2025) - Alaska's population grew 0.3 percent from 2023 to 2024</a></li> </ul> <p id="last-revised">Last updated: March 28, 2025</p> </article>  </main> <aside class="sidebar sidebar-primary block-content-area"> <nav class="sidebar-block sidebar_nav_menu"> <div class="block-title"><a href="home.htm">Newsroom</a></div> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"><a href="/home.htm">DOL Home </a></li> <li class="menu-item"><a href="/commish/home.htm">Commissioner's Office </a></li> <li class="menu-item"><a href="https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/AKDOL/subscriber/new" onclick="window.open('https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/AKDOL/subscriber/new?pop=t', '', 'scrollbars=1,toolbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=800,height=384');return false;">Subscribe to press releases </a></li> </ul> <div class="block-title">Contact</div> <p>Office of the Commissioner<br>  <a href="mailto:Commissioner.Labor@alaska.gov">Commissioner.Labor@alaska.gov</a></p> <div id="aside"></div> </nav> </aside> <div class="foot-wave"> <img src="/images/foot-wave.png" alt width="960" height="108"> </div> </div>  <div class="footer-block footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="wrap"> <div class="footer-block-1 block-content-area"> <div id="socialmedia-icons" class="block socialmedia-icons"> <ul class="alignleft"> <li class="social-facebook"> <a title="Follow the department on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/alaskalabor/"> <img src="/images/facebook3.png" alt="facebook link" height="22" width="22"> </a> </li> <li class="social-twitter"> <a title="Follow the department on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/AlaskaLabor"> <img src="/images/twitter3.png" alt="twitter link" height="22" width="22"> </a> </li> </ul> </div>  <div class="copyright"> <p> <a href="https://labor.alaska.gov/accessibility.htm"> Accessibility </a> - 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2024 Press Releases