The State of Alaska will be issuing small businesses grants instead of loans, this the determination as $568.6 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is being sent to tens of thousands of Alaskans and Alaska small businesses.  The Legislative Budg… Read more

A new survey is being taken by the State of Alaska to identify the impact of the coronavirus on families.  The first in a series, the AKFAMILY survey can be found at this link and will be open for several weeks. Read more

Alaska’s public and private K-12 schools won't be re-opening this semester, Governor Michael Dunleavy announced Thursday. Previously it was expected that they would re-open May 1. Read more

Rural schools, pin particular, will no longer be bootstrapping with the experiencing exceptionally slow internet speeds while paying extremely high costs for them. Read more

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development has launched a new website that offers assistance to educators and families while school is suspended. Read more

Governor Michael Dunleavy announced last week that school districts would be allowed to continue food service to students even though classes were no longer in session - and several districts have stepped up to the call. Small groups are maintained in the process to minimize the gathering of… Read more