✍️ Reporter @alaskabeacon.com, covering Alaska statewide news, politics & policy, focused on education, and social and criminal justice
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Alaska dropped seven places to rank 47th in the nation in overall child well-being. Advocates say the decline is troubling and reflects years of declining investment in children and families. Via @alaskabeacon.com
At a joint meeting between the Anchorage Assembly and school board, officials with the mayor's office could not commit to providing the maximum level of funding to the district.
Re-upping this! If you are a student, parent or teacher going through your school closing this year, I'd love to speak with you.
NEW: Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is defending his run for U.S. Senate as authentic, now against a state investigation launched by the Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom.
“My name is my name. The ballot belongs to the people and not to the incumbent.”
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And the customary check-in with the Glenfarne and AGDC folks during the at-ease.
Many of these indicators I found surprising and concerning while writing this, but still thinking about the 11% of Alaska teens reported not working and not in school.
What are they up to? Sports? Some unreported job or subsistence activities? Something else..?
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Great story from Bethel-based photojournalist Katie Basile about the challenges, emotional and practical, of relocating entire communities in southwest Alaska in the face of changing climate and catastrophic storms. #akwx #AlaskaSky @markspringer.bsky.social
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Alaska’s ranking dropped seven places, with the steepest decline in education, where the state ranked 49th out of 50 states.
Dan Sullivan of Petersburg defends run for Alaska’s U.S. Senate against state investigation, writes @corinne-smith.bsky.social for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/11/d...
Bethel photojournalist Katie Baldwin Basile fixes her lens on Western Alaskans whose lives were changed by ex-typhoon Halong. Read and see more @alaskabeacon.com via Northern Journal
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail, writes Jonathan Shorman for our D.C. bureau @statesnewsroom.com @alaskabeacon.com
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Alaska dropped seven places to rank 47th in the nation in overall child well-being, according to a nationally recognized survey by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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First in a series from Bethel-based photojournalist Katie Basile.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail bal...
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The Alaska lieutenant governor’s office, which oversees state elections, announced an investigation into the validity of a U.S. Senate candidate from Petersburg following complaints from Alaska’s incu...
The Alaska lieutenant governor’s office, which oversees state elections, announced an investigation into the validity of a U.S. Senate candidate from Petersburg following complaints from Alaska’s incu...
Alaskans: I'm working on a story on the unprecedented 12 schools closed last month across Alaska, due to budget cuts.
If you are a student, parent, or teacher affected I'd love to speak with you about the experience, and your plans for next year.
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