))
Teacher Recruitment Crises and Voter Turn Outs
Manage episode 434056965 series 3520335
Contenuto fornito da Local First Media Group. Tutti i contenuti dei podcast, inclusi episodi, grafica e descrizioni dei podcast, vengono caricati e forniti direttamente da Local First Media Group o dal partner della piattaforma podcast. Se ritieni che qualcuno stia utilizzando la tua opera protetta da copyright senza la tua autorizzazione, puoi seguire la procedura descritta qui https://it.player.fm/legal.
Support is now available for those affected by the August 6th Mendenhall River flood in Juneau. The Red Cross has opened disaster assistance intake at their Lemon Creek office, located at 5636 Glacier Highway. Additionally, the State of Alaska will open two in-person Disaster Assistance Centers starting Wednesday, August 14th.
Voter turnout for Alaska’s August 20 primary election is lower than in the past two elections but is higher compared to the 2018 and 2016 primaries, which didn’t have extraordinary circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic or a special election.
Alaska's mining industry supported 11,800 jobs and generated $1.1 billion in wages in 2023.
Ten disabled Alaskans have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state and their former state-appointed guardian, alleging financial abuse and neglect. The lawsuit claims that Thomas McDuffie, operating under Cache Integrity, failed to properly care for over 100 state-assigned wards, all of whom are disabled, elderly, or ill, between 2021 and 2023.
Laurie Duncan, a first-grade teacher in Sitka, received a layoff notice in April during her second year of teaching—just three months before she was due to give birth. She's one of many teachers in Sitka who lost their jobs this spring due to financial uncertainty. Nearly 20% of Sitka’s teachers were laid off, including all librarians and most reading specialists.
450 episodi
Condividi
