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AG Taylor’s family advertised plan to get $8,000 private school tuition subsidy

News Dermot Cole -
This story is republished from dermotcole.com with permission. In May 2022, the wife of Attorney General Tregarrick Taylor said she would seek $8,000 in public funds from the Family Partnership Charter School in Anchorage to subsidize their children’s tuition...
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Alaska House GOP brushed off school bill concerns. Others haven’t.

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
After blocking efforts to restore the $87 million of public school funding vetoed by Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy last year, the Republican-led House Majority is pushing a sprawling education bill over the concerns raised by teachers, families, education...
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Document reveals McKenna Brothers Paving dumped at least 56 tons of waste for free

Anchorage Yarrow Silvers -
A municipal document listing non-paying customers shows McKenna Brothers Paving dumped at least 56 tons of waste at municipal dump sites for free.
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Alaska legislators fail to override Dunleavy’s K-12 funding veto

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
While a majority of legislators ultimately voted in favor of the override, they fell well short of the three-quarter vote needed under the Alaska Constitution to restore $87 million in K-12 funding.
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Alaska House GOP to hold single public hearing on sweeping education bill

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska House Republicans unveiled their omnibus education package on Wednesday afternoon, a sweeping bill that seeks to advance several Republican priorities on charter schools and homeschooling while providing a slight boost to K-12 funding. House Republicans also outlined an accelerated...
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Alaska senator vows to kill renewables bill as energy debate heats up in Juneau

Environment Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
Boosters say the legislation would give clear guidance to the state’s electric utilities to start shifting to wind and solar power amid a shortage of the locally produced natural gas that currently powers their plants. 
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A proposed waterfront hotel development makes waves in Homer

Environment Sean McDermott -
Doyon, Limited, a regional Alaska Native corporation, has a plan for a new 85-room hotel and condo complex along the tidal wetlands of Homer Spit.
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Alaska Legislature unlikely to take up K-12 veto after House GOP blocks vote

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Legislature returned to session on Tuesday, and education was at the forefront of pretty much everyone’s mind except for the Dunleavy-aligned Republican House Majority that voted down an attempt to restore education dollars. On a 20-20 vote, the...
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SCOTUS rejects Alaska Gov. Dunleavy’s appeal in union dues case

Labor Matt Acuña Buxton -
This story has been updated with comment from the Alaska State Employees Association. The Supreme Court of the United States has, for a second time in two weeks, rejected Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s request to skip the line. After losing a...
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Anchorage School Board declines to move forward on proposed policy making educators mandatory reporters of pronouns and nicknames

Anchorage Yarrow Silvers -
Dave Donley, who proposed the policy change, was the only vote in favor of moving it out of committee.
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