Claire Stremple, Alaska Beacon
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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." -
Congress has been asked to give states more time to spend money for homeless students, but advocates say it may be too late.
