The system has been the target of false claims from Republican former President Donald Trump and his allies.
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Alaska’s unprecedented food stamp backlog is taking a harsh toll on rural communities
In rural Alaska, where food costs can be astronomical and food banks or pantries are rare, residents are experiencing particularly dire consequences from the unprecedented backlog, advocates say.
The unseen driver of Alaska’s record jail deaths: Suicide
The Anchorage Daily News obtained and reviewed Alaska State Troopers investigation reports and medical examiner records, and spoke with family members, advocates and prison officials. Here’s what they found.
Homeless below zero: After a man’s death in a Fairbanks snowbank, a city reckons with emergency shelter
Fairbanks is America’s coldest city. It has no low-barrier shelter.
It was good to be friends with Anchorage’s mayor. Then the investigations began
An influential friend of Mayor Dave Bronson’s is at the center of several of the controversies that have enveloped City Hall.
Three Alaska chefs, restaurateur nominated for James Beard awards
Beau Schooler of In Bocca Al Lupo in Juneau, previously nominated several times, and Rene Trafton of Sitka restaurant Beak were nominated in the same category.