The bipartisan group of lawmakers whose focus is policy that improves early childhood outcomes met on Friday afternoon. The caucus formed last winter.
Health
Whooping cough spike reaches epidemic level in Alaska, public health experts warn
The total number of cases reported to the state has reached 286, the most since the last epidemic of 2012. Public health officials say case numbers are rising in Anchorage, but falling statewide.
Climate change makes farming easier in Alaska. Indigenous growers hope to lead the way.
A new training program in the Interior aims to help Alaska Native communities grow more of their own food.
Anchorage partners police officers with social workers to assist city’s homeless
City leaders say the Homeless Outreach Prevention and Engagement team will help reach homeless residents while ensuring they and program navigators are safe.
Sen. Murkowski joins Democrats to support IVF bill
Republicans, including Sen. Dan Sullivan, blocked the IVF bill. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins were the only GOP senators to support it.
Bartlett Regional Hospital’s Rainforest Recovery Center will permanently close next week
Hospital leaders say since June, nine staff members at Rainforest have resigned. That’s in large part due to the uncertainty of the program’s lifespan.
Young people in Juneau gather to protest Dunleavy’s ‘incomprehensible’ contraceptive expansion veto
Dozens gathered on the sidewalk across from the Alaska State Capitol building Wednesday holding pink and cardboard signs saying, “healthcare is a right, not a privilege” and “reproductive freedom by any means necessary.” And about half the group were teenagers who canʼt vote yet.
Joe Wanner will be Bartlett Regional Hospital’s new CEO
Wanner has been the city-owned hospital’s CFO for nearly a year, and his appointment as CEO is just the latest in a string of leadership turnover at the city-owned hospital.
Governor vetoes bill that would have expanded Alaska women’s access to birth control medicine
The bill would have allowed women to receive a 12-month supply of prescription contraceptive medicine all at once.
Alaska judge strikes down requirement that only licensed physicians provide abortions
A Superior Court judge agreed with Planned Parenthood that barring clinicians like nurse practitioners from providing services violates equal-protection, privacy rights.