Story Lab, a storytelling and creative writing program for youth in Sitka, has announced that it has been awarded the LRNG Educator Innovator Challenge grant, which is run by the National Writing Project and John Legend’s “Show Me” Campaign. The competition selected a joint application submitted by Story Lab and the Sitka School District from 164 […]
Washington, D.C. – The Alaska Congressional Delegation announced the following grants on Tuesday: U.S. Department of Transportation $ 2,500,000 to the Alaska Railroad Corporation for the Seward Marine Terminal Expansion Project to develop a master plan which will cover conceptual/preliminary design of the port and upland support facilities. U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development […]
Although the United States is spending more on welfare than ever before, most of that money is going to better-off families rather than the very poorest. Robert A. Moffitt, the Krieger-Eisenhower professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, found that the U.S. has gotten more generous over time in supporting low-income families, spending 74 percent […]