School start times for Anchorage students will change in 2024

Plus: Alaska oil industry launches campaign against proposed tax increase ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's Sponsor: Matson]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, May 10. In today's newsletter: - The Anchorage School Board voted to change class start and end times beginning in fall 2024, with elementary students beginning school earlier and middle and high schoolers starting later. - Alaska’s oil and gas trade association has launched a campaign against a Senate bill that would increase taxes on the industry as a way to help fill the state’s structural deficit. - The Alaska Senate passed a bill this week that aims to close loopholes that allowed a known offender who'd attacked two people to go free; he went on to stab a woman in the Anchorage public library. Did members of an explorers club actually eat part of a frozen wooly mammoth from Alaska's Aleutian Islands? That question has endured since the exclusive club consumed the mystery meat in 1951. As [historian David Reamer explains]( a DNA test conducted by researchers decades later pinpointed exactly what was on the menu that evening in New York City. Anchorage weather It's another cloudy day in Anchorage, with a high near 53 degrees. Clouds will persist overnight, but starting Thursday we'll see several days of partly to mostly sunny skies. Daytime highs will hover in the mid- to high 50s. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Anchorage School District will shift class start and end times in fall 2024]( The school district has contended that later school start times for adolescents will result in better student performance and wellness. Opponents of the change said it would impede existing employment schedules for parents and demand increased child care at a time when Anchorage is in the midst of a child care crisis. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT [Alaska oil industry launches campaign against proposed tax increase]( Senate Bill 114 would reduce tax credits paid to oil companies, thereby increasing their overall tax burden. Privately held oil companies such as Hilcorp would also be required to pay corporate income taxes. [Read More]( [Bill that would put some violent offenders in psychiatric hospital passes Alaska Senate]( Angela Harris, who was [stabbed in an Anchorage library]( by a known offender, is advocating for a law that could prevent the release of offenders found incompetent to stand trial. [Read More]( [Legislature narrowly rejects governor’s appointee to University of Alaska regents]( In a 31-29 split, state lawmakers voted down the nomination of Bethany Marcum to the UA Board of Regents, citing her advocacy for massive cuts to state services, including education. [Read More]( [Anchorage hospital employee charged with sexually assaulting patient]( A member of the Providence Alaska Medical Center's transport team is accused of sexually assaulting a female patient while he was at work. [Read More]( [Photos: Bering Sea island village celebrates Russian Orthodox holiday with Alaska bishop]( Bishop Alexei of Alaska and other Russian Orthodox dignitaries visited the Bering Sea island of St. George in early May for St. George Day, celebrated May 6 around the world in the Russian Orthodox tradition. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [➡ Alaska Rep. Peltola worries about fate of Indian Child Welfare Act ahead of Supreme Court decision]( [➡ Former judge indicted by Kenai investigative grand jury has court appearance delayed]( [➡ Bicyclist seriously injured after being struck by SUV in East Anchorage, police say]( [➡ Students across the country can’t get off their phones. Some schools have had enough.]( [➡ Book review: ‘Empire of Ice and Stone’ provides a gripping new account of the Karluk’s tragic Arctic voyage]( [➡ Former Alaska-based soldier found guilty in Texas protest killing sentenced to 25 years]( The ADN relies on readers like you. [Get digital access to the ADN for as low as $1.99 for the first month]( and help us cover the news that matters most here in Alaska. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States