“Our tribal citizens will have to decide between fuel and food,” AFN President Ben Mallott told a U.S. Senate panel.
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More than 66,000 Alaskans will lose food stamps within weeks if government shutdown continues
Altogether across the country, more than 42 million Americans rely on the food stamp program, which the federal government funds and individual states administer.
Furloughed federal workers get free lunch in Juneau as shutdown drags on
Volunteers plan to offer free lunches twice per week until the government shutdown ends.
Alaska’s congressional delegation joins House, Senate in voting to avert government shutdown
If Congress had failed to act, the federal government would have partially shut down starting Sept. 30.
What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?
Medicare and Medicaid are mandatory spending programs and that keeps them relatively safe in the early days of the shutdown, but 42% of the Department of Health’s staff will be furloughed.
Alaska Legislature adopts budget, averts government shutdown
The Alaska Legislature has approved a budget and funded it with its rainy day budget reserve, avoiding a partial government shutdown and 10,000 layoffs.