As prospects for a veto override look increasingly slim, organizations that provide aid to low-income, homeless and other needy Alaskans say they’re facing increasingly difficult choices.
Mental Health
Alaska state budget vetoes reduce funding for homeless shelters and services
Anchorage homeless shelters and services are bracing for cutbacks and closures after Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced hundreds of millions of dollars in line-item state budget vetoes Friday.
Tie-dye, rainbows and love songs: Juneau’s first youth LGBTQ Pride party
Pride week in Juneau featured something new this year: a party just for LGBTQ middle school and high school students.
Alaska Pioneer Homes residents fight proposed rate increases
A proposal to more than double the monthly costs for most residents in Alaska Pioneer Homes met with stiff opposition during recent public testimony on the issue.
AG Barr says ‘everything is on the table’ to solve Alaska’s public safety crisis
The U.S. Attorney General’s security detail outnumbered the number of village public safety officers in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta — a region roughly the size of Oregon.
Before, some teens in crisis had to leave their families in Juneau to get help. That’s changing.
Southeast Alaska’s largest hospital has quietly rolled out a new program to close a big gap in behavioral health services for minors.