UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 26 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: Alaska needs an estimated 27,500 new housing units over the next 10 years to alleviate overcrowding and unsanitary conditions, according to the Alaska Housing Foundation Corporation. An interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers led by Jose Pinto Duarte, Stuckeman Chair in Design Innovation and director of the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing (SCDC) in the College of Arts and Architect  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 29 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Today Governor Mike Dunleavy held a press conference to explain his thoughts on the recently passed education bill SB 140. "We need to fix a couple of things in that bill. We need to make sure that we're addressing the teacher retention issue. We need to make sure that the reading component in the bill... actually incentivizes good outcomes in reading. We need to work on the charter school part  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 29 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Today, Governor Dunleavy announced Alaska's Participation in the National Foundation for Governors' Fitness Council DON'T QUIT! Campaign. The NFGFC will deliver a state-of-the-art DON'T QUIT! Fitness Center to three elementary or middle schools. School nominations will be accepted starting today until Friday, March 29, 2024. Visit www.natgovfit.org/apply-now, then click on the Alaska seal to dow  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following statement on Feb. 26, 2024: * * * The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released the following statement on Mary Peltola's speech to the Alaska state legislature today: "Pretty words and hot air can't paper over Mary Peltola's year of selling out Alaska. By electing a Republican this fall, Alaskans will ensure that this time next year, they once again can count on a strong fighter in D  more