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Did the Dunleavy administration cut sweetheart tax deals with oil companies? Legislators are trying to find out.

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska legislative leaders are demanding Dunleavy address an “overall pattern of peculiarities” in the state’s collection of oil and gas tax.
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GOP refusal to balance their budget puts AIDEA and state scholarship fund on the chopping block

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The impact on both AIDEA operations and the state’s scholarship program under either scenario isn’t immediately clear.
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Alaska Legislature passed a law capping predatory payday loans. Republicans said it was anti-freedom

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
A long-running effort to protect Alaskans from predatory payday loan schemes cleared the Alaska Legislature in its closing days.
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Nearly 50 Years at DIPAC Hatchery

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
Next year, Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) Macaulay Salmon Hatchery will be celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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‘Valid and valuable.’ Legislators signal support for international teachers filling Alaska’s classroom vacancies

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
Most of the country has faced shortages of teachers in recent years, but the impact has been particularly acute in rural Alaska.
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Small victories, setbacks and rampant uncertainty defined this year’s session

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
And while legislators had bigger hopes for the budget, they said they managed to deliver on some key areas while still keeping it balanced.
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Legislators hold firm, override Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of school bill

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
The 46-14 vote is a stinging rebuke for Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his supporters.
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Republican opposition kills bill intended to fix Alaska’s absentee voting problems

Elections James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
Senate Bill 64 passed the Senate this week, but the House doesn’t have enough time to address it, legislators said.
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Push to teach AAPI history in Alaska schools clears Senate again

Arts and Culture Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Senate voted unanimously this week to add lessons covering the history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the public school curriculum.
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Trail Blazers: Kakiko Ramos-Leon

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
Though Kakiko Ramos-Leon grew up in the temperate city of Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico, he now spends most of the year on snow and ice.
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