U.S. Senate votes to resume Secure Rural Schools program; Alaska delegation hopes House will pass the legislation

U.S. Senate votes to resume Secure Rural Schools program; Alaska delegation hopes House will pass the legislation

The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on June 18 to resume the federal Secure Rural Schools program, which sent millions of dollars to small Alaska schools each year until Congress failed to reauthorize it in 2023. Congress passed the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act in 2000, which launched the program as a way to help logging towns cope with the loss of revenue caused by a...