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Alaska needs to stop prioritizing incarceration over education in effort to reduce sex trafficking
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCurrently House Bill 68 is before the Legislature. This bill aims to combat sex trafficking, yet it...
Alaska lawmakers expand food stamp program with goal of preventing hunger, application backlogs
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMore Alaskans will be able to access food stamps following lawmakers’ vote to expand eligibility for...
Alaska had a 57% error rate paying out food stamps last year, five times the US average
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 14—Recently published federal data shows that Alaska's payment error rate for administering food stamp benefits was the highest of any state during the last fiscal year. Between October ...
How the Army quietly discharges soldiers charged with violent crimes
Army Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoStationed at Army posts thousands of miles apart, two soldiers faced a flurry of criminal charges...
Alaska opts out of federal program offering summer grocery money for families with kids
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 11—Alaska was one of 15 states to reject federal funding that would have provided direct grocery assistance this summer to thousands of families with children in the state who are facing ...
OPTEMPO, ‘resource shortfalls’ plague Alaska brigade: leaked report
Army Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Army’s northernmost airborne brigade is suffering from overwork and resource problems afflicting...
'Ineffective and inefficient': Alaska gets another federal admonition as food stamp backlog drags on
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 2—Alaska's continued food stamp backlog this week prompted a second sharply worded letter from the federal government cautioning that the state's "ineffective and inefficient" handling ...
Alaska pharmacies contend with delays for prescriptions, insurance claims after Lower 48 cyberattack
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 2—A cyberattack at a Lower 48 health care technology company is causing havoc at pharmacies across Alaska, which have struggled for over a week to receive electronic prescriptions and process ...
Alaska's lieutenant governor denounces election misinformation in first media interview since taking...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 18—JUNEAU — Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom denounced election misinformation this week in her first sit-down interview with news media since taking office. Dahlstrom, a Republican elected to ...
Oregon agency unable to verify if millions in rental assistance went to those who needed it most
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOregon Housing and Community Services failed to implement “critical controls” while racing to get...