After several failures and near misses, the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday passed a bipartisan education package that multiple lawmakers say could survive Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto pen. After almost ...

Dunleavy hasn’t said whether he’ll sign the bill, but with broad support in the House and Senate, lawmakers may be able to ...

Alaska Education Commissioner Deena Bishop on Monday sent a letter to school superintendents, urging them to advocate for Gov. Mike Dunleavy's education priorities or risk seeing school funding vetoed ...

Education commissioner tells school districts to support governor’s policy goals or risk losing funds.

The Alaska Legislature is poised to pass a compromise education measure on Wednesday with a $700 boost to the Base Student Allocation, the state's per-student funding formula, lawmakers say. Gov. Mike ...

It comes less than a week after lawmakers failed to override the governor's veto of a $1,000 boost to basic funding.

Legislators are expected to reduce this year’s proposed Permanent Fund dividend in order to resolve a looming deficit.

The only major new revenue measure under consideration is Senate Bill 92, which would force Hilcorp, a major player in the ...

A dog on the loose may have contributed to a deadly plane crash in Alaska, reports say. A pup was seen on a runway at an ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has already signaled his opposition to the new education measure unless his policy priorities are added.

Five days after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a major increase to Alaska’s per-student public school funding formula, a Senate ...

Mike Dunleavy last week said that he would sign ... but only with policies intended to improve Alaska’s bottom-of-the-nation test scores. Anchorage Democratic Sen. Löki Tobin, chair of the ...