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President Trump's executive order aims to increase energy dominance in Alaska by allowing the full potential of the state to ...
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.
With a month left in the legislative session, multiple lawmakers said it would be difficult to craft an education measure ...
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.
But his Taiwan visit garnered the most headlines. In Taipei, Dunleavy met for an hour with President Lai Ching-te and held a ...
Legislators are expected to reduce this year’s proposed Permanent Fund dividend in order to resolve a looming deficit.
Concerns over the state's ability to pay for the $1,000 per-student increase in basic funding, given its worsening fiscal ...
Apr. 23—JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a significant funding increase for the state's public schools — a $1,000 increase to the ...