Negotiations are ongoing, but consensus is building for $300 weekly payments to the unemployed and direct payments of $600 to $700 to most Americans.
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With the unemployment bonus set to expire, Food Bank of Alaska braces for another surge in need
The food bank estimates that the current need is up about 75% statewide compared to last year but could get far worse.
Providers say low-income children, families in Alaska will bear disproportionate weight of Dunleavy budget vetoes
There are 42,000 children living in Alaska households that receive some form of public assistance, and the state’s budget cuts will likely touch all of them.
‘Who are the 100?’ If budget vetoes stand, Anchorage shelter says it must choose who stays and who leaves.
As prospects for a veto override look increasingly slim, organizations that provide aid to low-income, homeless and other needy Alaskans say they’re facing increasingly difficult choices.
Alaska state budget vetoes reduce funding for homeless shelters and services
Anchorage homeless shelters and services are bracing for cutbacks and closures after Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced hundreds of millions of dollars in line-item state budget vetoes Friday.