Education
House passes bill to eliminate hair discrimination, but deletes workplace protection
A Senate bill that aims to eliminate hair discrimination in the school and workplace passed the House Tuesday, but in a drastically different form. An amendment deleted the portion relating to the workplace. In the bill’s original intent, school boards and employers wouldn’t be allowed to adopt a dress code that: prohibits an individual from […]
Recent earthquakes may raise risk of Alaska tsunami, study finds
The dual earthquake action deep underground appears to have increased the risks of future tsunamis in that region, the study said.
Scholarship fund’s fate depends on Alaska Legislature
The Alaska House of Representatives has voted to refill the fund with hundreds of millions of dollars in expected oil revenue, but unless lawmakers also change the language of the state law that created the fund, it will be automatically drained again.