President Joe Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dedicated billions of federal dollars to building better water and waste systems. In rural Alaska, the state promised to match those funds. The City of Bethel challenged the state in a letter, claiming the state isn’t evaluating applicants consistently and that its funding decisions are skewed to benefit communities that already have pipes.
In the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the drug which is at the center of a lawsuit over abortion pill authorization is most commonly used to help safely manage miscarriages.