ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 22 -- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: On Tuesday, February 20, the Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) convened a pivotal stakeholder meeting in Anchorage focused on developing a comprehensive Teacher Registered Apprenticeship framework. This initiative underscores the State Board of Education and the Department's commitment to ensuring every student in Alaska has access to a hi  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on Feb. 19, 2024: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced legislation to incentivize the private sector to make strategic investments that improve the cost of living in Alaska. The Alaska Affordability Act SB 237 will create a new tax credit. The legislation would allow a business to deduct fifty percent of eligible expenditures against its corporate income tax, up to a fifty percent tax reduction. The eligible   more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 21 -- The University of Alaska issued the following news release: The University of Alaska (UA) Board of Regents will take significant steps in charting the course for a strong future of strategic investment, growth, and empowering Alaska during its upcoming February 22-23 meeting on the Troth Yeddha' campus in Fairbanks. Regents will finalize their plan for the system, the Roadmap to Empower Alaska, which advances Alaska's economy through education, workforce developmen  more