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Gov. Dunleavy’s budget proposes flat-funding schools

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The budget proposes letting $87 million in one-time K12 funding expire.
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Alaska Permanent Fund trustees approve plan to hide CEO reviews from the public

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Under Alaska’s record laws, the performance evaluations of any employee who isn’t part of a union can be considered a public record if its disclosure is in the public interest. That’s what happened with the performance evaluations of Alaska...
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City, state officials suggest lowering expectations for snow removal in Anchorage

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton -
Before the latest round of snow fell on Anchorage, city and state officials met with members of the Anchorage Assembly on Wednesday to review the snow-clearing efforts from the November storms. The key message was that while operators performed admirably...
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Anchorage School Board member proposes policy for mandatory reporting of pronouns and nicknames

Anchorage Yarrow Silvers -
Current guidelines empower teachers to not immediately share the information if they feel it would endanger a student's physical or mental well-being or if they want to respect a child's request for privacy.
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Campaign regulators deny latest bid to regulate anti-ranked choice voting campaign but order it not to disband

State Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Public Offices Commission has denied a request to expedite the latest complaint against the sprawling campaign backing an initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked-choice voting election system, pushing the decision until well after the group...
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Anchorage Assembly overrides Bronson’s vetoes: ‘He just doesn’t quite get it’

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton -
As expected, the Anchorage Assembly successfully voted to override the vetoes far-right Mayor Dave Bronson made to the city’s operating budget at its Tuesday meeting, with several members arguing the vetoes demonstrated the mayor’s distinct lack of understanding of...
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Mat-Su school district’s ban on ‘anything political’ violated student’s rights, lawsuit charges

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
Tensions have been rising between Mat-Su students and their school board in recent months.
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On some issues, there’s not much daylight between mayoral candidate Chris Tuck and incumbent Dave Bronson

News Yarrow Silvers -
Anchorage mayoral candidate Chris Tuck, a Democrat, has a history of going against his political party on core progressive issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage.
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Far-right Alaska Right to Life director among applicants for Mat-Su school board

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The director of Alaska Right to Life, who is a political ally and friend of extreme-right Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman, is among the applicants to fill a vacancy on the Mat-Su Borough School Board. Patrick Martin is one of...
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At the request of three law firms, state says per-hour statehood defense lawyer fees are secret

News Dermot Cole -
This article was originally published on dermotcole.com. Fairbanks lawyer Kirk Schwalm, named a Superior Court Judge by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on June 16, 2022, was briefly a part of the statehood defense industry earlier that year. But the Dunleavy administration claims...
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