Claire Stremple
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Officials say the state never used the funds it set aside to keep people from waiting for food benefits because the state’s system had to be reconfigured to use state money. -
Education Commissioner Deena Bishop said the false citations were in a draft she used generative AI to create. -
If the vote is successful, the Anchorage Daily News would be the state’s only currently unionized newsroom. -
The funds are part of more than $86 million in grants nationwide to American Indian and Alaska Native communities. -
New financial pressure on Head Start operators in Alaska and elsewhere has them turning to Congress for a cost of living increase for their programs. -
“We know that Alaska is No. 1 in all of the bad things," Sen. Löki Tobin said. "So I think we have a real opportunity to figure out some ways that we can intervene." -
Consequences are mounting for Alaska as a dispute continues between the state’s education officials and their federal counterparts. -
Newsroom staff are asking for fair wages, financial transparency and a sustainable workplace environment at the state’s most widely read newspaper. -
UA President Pat Pitney apologized for the problem, and said the university will pull resources from other areas to help HR work more quickly. -
University officials say they have made headway on the problem and faculty will be paid “as soon as possible."
