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African Youth and Community Organization excited for new 'Dream Center' February 14 2021 The nonprofit organization secures a two-year lease with Metro for a new location in Northeast Portland. A Portland nonprofit is seeing a lot of new developments this year after moving into a bigger place more central to the African immigrant community they serve. African Youth and Community Organization (AYCO) recently moved to a new location on Northeast 74th Avenue and Glisan Street — the former site of the Trinity Broadcasting Network — thanks to a partnership with land owner Metro, th...

Committee Reports House Education Committee The House Education Committee, chaired by Representative Matt Dubnik (R-Gainesville), met this morning to consider two bills and hear a presentation from State School Superintendent Richard Woods. HB 32, authored by Representative Dave Belton (R-Buckhead), amends O.C.G.A. 20-2-251 to require the State Board of Education to create a teacher recruitment and retention program by providing a refundable tax credit of $3,000 per qualifying teacher per year, for up to five school years. The department must pick no more than 100 schools from the list of qua...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy proposed two distinct executive branch departments and the legislature has 60 days to overrule his decision. The governor said the reorganization will streamline and improve the delivery of critical programs and services while creating more flexibility and responsiveness in both departments and improving outcomes. "The idea is to have better oversight and have these programs do what they are meant to do," he said. Dunleavy said this proposal will benefit Alaska's ch...

Dunleavy looks to split DHSS into two departments Emily Boerger | Dec 23, 2020 Share this: Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced on Tuesday his intent to split the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) into two separate departments – the Alaska Department of Health and the Alaska Department of Family and Community Services. Dunleavy has directed the Alaska Department of Law to draft an executive order to reorganize the department, which will then be submitted to state lawmakers when the 2021 legislative session begins in January.     In his announcement, Dunleavy said t...

2:02 He and Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum say the department is too big, too unwieldy and needs sharpened focus to better serve Alaskans.  Crum says his department has more than 3500 employees, the largest in the state. We are operating under the tyranny of time. There is just not enough time and bandwidth in the day for the commissioner’s office and staff to do anything other than move from fire to fire and crisis to crisis.  Dunleavy’s plan is to create two new state agencies through an executive order that has not yet been drafted.