Alaska ignored budget crisis signs. Now, it doesn't have money to fix schools.

Kids play on old playground equipment during recess in Sleetmute, Alaska. The Legislature has largely ignored rural school districts '/>

Alaska has long ignored warning signs of a budget crisis. Now, it has no money to fix something that is posing serious health and safety risks to students and staff: crumbling rural schools.

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