“When the school year ends, millions of low-income children lose access to the school meals they depend on,” an expert said. An advocacy group on Tuesday published a report showing that only a fraction of children who receive free or reduced-price lunches during the school year get such benefits through United States Department of Agriculture […]
Wireless Phone, TV, and Radio Alerts Could Help Raise Public Awareness of the Thousands of Missing Indigenous Persons WASHINGTON —The Federal Communications Commission voted to establish a new alert code to help save missing and endangered persons by delivering critical alert messages to the public over television, radio, and wireless phones. In 2023, more than […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) spoke recently on the Senate floor in recognition of Julie Kitka, who served as President of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) for more than three decades until recently stepping down from that position. Sen. Sullivan recognized Kitka’s leadership at the helm of the largest statewide Native organization in […]