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Amid shifting enrollment, House OKs bill to smooth funding roller coaster

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
There are many factors contributing to Alaska’s chronically tight public school district budgets, but one of the big ones is an exodus of students.
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AIDEA to spend $190 million on ANWR with no public review or public hearing

Oil & Gas Dermot Cole -
The rubber-stamp board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is likely to vote Wednesday to approve a $190 million ANWR spending plan.
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Six months after Halong, typhoon survivors tell senators Alaska villages need more than disaster aid

Environment Alaska Beacon -
Hearings on Kipnuk and Kwigillingok exposed FEMA delays, relocation gaps and growing calls for a federal climate migration framework
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The shredder stays on

Cartoon Holly Todd -
The state had a chance to make Alaska’s election system work better for the people who often face the biggest barriers to voting
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Tech vendor sponsored revenue chief Adam Crum’s nonprofit, then he awarded $90M+ in state contracts

Economy Victoria Petersen -
A free glacier cruise for state treasurers preceded public contracts to firms tied to a data infrastructure investor building the most ambitious natural gas plant in the world
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[Insert Art], Ketchikan’s own art collective

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
It all started back in 2017 across the country in Burlington, VT, at an empty-walled apartment on Hungerford Terrace.
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Current Cartoons: Pensions for me, not for thee

Cartoon Holly Todd -
A bill to restore pensions for Alaska’s public workers cleared the Legislature for the first time in nearly two decades, despite opposition from some lawmakers who have benefited from pensions themselves.
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Where We’re Anchored: April

Arts and Culture Victoria Petersen -
Making April’s theme, “Voices”, was my attempt at centering my photo column around a current event, like Anchorage’s municipal election.
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Alaska lawmakers raise concerns with Dunleavy’s attorney general pick ahead of confirmation vote

News Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon -
Stephen Cox defended controversial legal positions in his first eight months in office, as some lawmakers questioned if they are contrary to Alaska law and Alaskans’ interests.
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Two Southeast Alaska Republicans just made sure Dunleavy’s election bill veto stands

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Legislature was poised to override another one of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes this morning.
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