Recommendations include a new staff position responsible for designing a city-backed child care program for the duration of the pandemic. Another is to pay employers to run on-site child care programs.
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Juneau parents clamor for details about upcoming school year
Superintendent Bridget Weiss emphasized that the school district’s decisions around reopening could have wider community impacts.
New protections for LGBTQ individuals unanimously approved in Ketchikan
The proposal followed a high-profile demonstration outside Heavenly Creations, a Ketchikan flower shop, after the owner reportedly refused to take an order for a same-sex wedding.
Alaska Pioneer Homes are trying out in-person visits again
Next Monday, the Pioneer Home in Juneau plans to expand its visitations from one family member to two family members per household.
This July 4th, Native rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich gets a new mural in Petersburg
At a time when monuments of colonizers and enslavers are being debated and removed across the country, a mural is going up this July 4th in the birth place and on the birthday of a Native civil rights leader. The new mural in the Southeast Alaska community of Petersburg celebrates Elizabeth Peratrovich, her legacy as…
State makes more funding available for Alaska childcare providers
Alaska’s childcare providers initially requested a total of $9 million. But the office was only allocated $6.4 million in federal CARES Act funds, an amount the state discovered after announcing a plan for monthly payments to providers.