The Juneau School District and Juneau Education Association came to a tentative agreement last month, and union members approved the contract last week.

The new schedule has school starting nearly a week earlier this August.

The Anchorage School Board voted to close Campbell STEM Elementary to address the district’s roughly $90 million budget deficit, which also led officials to cut hundreds of teacher positions and close two other schools.

The budget now heads to the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The district estimates it will save almost $2 million the first year after closing the schools.

School leaders identified converging crises of budget shortfalls, deferred maintenance and teacher shortages at their annual visit to the state Capitol.

Meanwhile, administrators insist the center is growing and becoming more community-focused.

Sixty-four percent of voting members approved forming the union, and election results now await certification from the Alaska Labor Relations Agency.

Supporters say the constitutional change could be a powerful tool to provide stable funding for public education, while critics suggest it could remove flexibility in budgeting

The partnership is one of the first of its kind in the state and leaders say it is a way to strengthen and uplift Indigenous studies in higher education.

Contract negotiations between the union and the bus company ended Thursday without an agreement.

The screenshots were sent in an attempt to educate voters on the personal views of the opponent.

The federal government raised the fee from $5,000 to $100,000 for each new applicant to the H-1B visa program in September.