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Nearly 2 decades after Alaska school asked state to fund repair, its building is about to collapse
Over the past 25 years, state officials have largely ignored hundreds of requests by rural school districts to fix the ...
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Many Y-K Delta school districts face budget woes even with proposed per-student funding increases
The Alaska State House has passed an education bill that includes a $1,000 increase to its per-student funding formula. But ...
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that ...
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Advocates say flawed 'checklist' targets Venezuelans for deportation under archaic wartime act
Flawed deportation 'checklist' targets Venezuelans using tattoos as one gang identifier. But experts say Tren de Aragua doesn ...
Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored
Two inches of raw sewage. Black mold. A bat infestation. Reporter Emily Schwing shares what she uncovered as she investigated ...
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State lawmakers seek answers after report finds squalid conditions at rural public schools
KYUK and ProPublica launched a project highlighting the public health and safety crisis inside Alaska’s rural public schools this month, kicking off a discussion among lawmakers on the powerful Senate ...
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A rural Alaska school asked the state to fund a repair. Nearly two decades later, the building is about to collapse.
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK Public Media and NPR’s Station Investigations Team, which supports local investigative journalism.
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Opinion: Why you never leave a car running unattended
But here’s the bottom line: No one got hurt, and for that I am extremely grateful. As much as we want to trust the world, a ...
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
But in Alaska, the state owns just under half of the 128 schools in its rural districts, a KYUK and ProPublica review of deeds and other documents found. These sparsely populated areas rely almost ...
Samsung eyes AI, M&A deals to reignite stock growth
CEO hints at ‘meaningful’ M&A deal this year to boost AI chip business SUWON, Gyeonggi Province — Samsung Electronics' top ...
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
(Emily Schwing/KYUK) Local school districts are generally responsible for building and maintaining public schools in the United States and largely pay for those projects with property taxes.
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit
(Photo illustration by Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica. Photos by Emily Schwing/KYUK, Michael Grabell/ProPublica) Nearly two dozen children in the tiny village of Sleetmute, Alaska, arrive for school each ...