Anchorage – More than 220 children statewide will lose vital early education and more than 500 people will lose supportive housing services currently provided by Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP), a statewide nonprofit, as a result of the Governor’s Fiscal Year 2020 state budget. “More than one-third of our Head Start […]
CAPITOL HILL – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved bipartisan legislation to address the humanitarian crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border with more than $4 billion in supplemental funds and new requirements for the care of detained migrants, especially children. The 84-8 vote came amid renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration’s treatment of minors in […]
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]UNEAU – Wednesday, Senate Democrats sent a letter to Governor Michael Dunleavy expressing concerns about his ongoing violation of the Executive Budget Act. Alaska Statute 37.07.020(b) mandates the governor to submit “a fiscal plan with estimates of significant sources and uses of funds for the succeeding 10 fiscal years.” The governor’s 10-year fiscal plan […]
A moose collision at mile 167 of the Sterling Highway sent a 25-year-old mother and two children to the hospital for evaluation early Monday morning, troopers report. 25-year-old Ashley Morey was traveling southbound on the Sterling Highway at just after 6 am on Monday morning when she encountered a moose that ran into the […]