JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 30 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2021: A U.S. District Court judge today issued an injunction to stop the federal government's broad and overreaching vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, a victory for Alaska and nine other states that sued to block the requirement. The states sued the federal government earlier this month, maintaining that the mandate was unconstitutional under the 10th amendment and that it viol more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 2 -- The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development issued the following news release: Ten Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA) school districts will see a recasting of their school board seats as a result of the reapportionment process Alaska statute requires after every decennial census. The Department of Education and Early Development (DEED), in consultation with the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED), finalized the REA more PR

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 30 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy thanked the 14-member Governor's Task Force on Broadband for its comprehensive and timely report on how best to connect all Alaskans with affordable, high-speed broadband. "The task force members are an incredibly diverse group of stakeholders who produced a comprehensive report on how Alaska can close the digital divide," said Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy. The report's  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Yet another Republican governor is facing an attack from inside his own party. In the latest headache for RGA Chair Doug Ducey, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy will face a primary challenger from a GOP state legislator, who said he "believes Alaska's conservatives are frustrated and feel betrayed" by Dunleavy "for failing to deliver on promises he made during his 2018 campaign." Dunleavy is just one of 12 sitting R more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, Nov. 30 -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2021: South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that a Missouri federal court granted South Dakota's request for an injunction on the Biden Administration's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Earlier this month, South Dakota joined a coalition of ten states challenging the mandate. In addition to South Dakota, the coalition includes Missouri, Ne more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 30 (TNSGra) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS), a center within the Achievement and Assessment Institute at the University of Kansas, has partnered with Alaska's Arctic Slope Community Foundation to improve Alaska Native students' writing skills so they are better prepared for success after high school. A $1.75 million grant from the Office of Elementary & Secondary Education's Alaska Nativ more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news release: * * * $10 milk. Electricity six times the national average. An innovative course at USC partners with Alaska's Tlingit indigenous community to find new answers. * * * In Los Angeles, an empty fridge could be an easy fix: a trip to the nearest grocery store, where you can stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables, milk and whatever else your heart  more PR