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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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A $15 minimum wage, paid sick leave step toward 2024 ballot

Labor Matt Acuña Buxton -
Organizers for the campaign to raise Alaska’s minimum wage submitted more than 41,000 signatures to the Division of Elections, getting the initiative onto the ballot.
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Anchorage Health Department employee placed on leave and offered settlement after reporting toxic work environment

Anchorage Yarrow Silvers -
The employee told the Current that she believed she had been placed on leave in retaliation.
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US Supreme Court denies Dunleavy’s bid to revive Pebble Mine

Environment Matt Acuña Buxton -
Dunleavy, who has the distinction of being one of the few Alaska officials to support the project, argued that the veto was such a grave violation of the state’s rights to develop its resources that it needed to skip the line to the court.
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Tribes say Biden administration failed to consult on grant to graphite mine

Environment Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
Several leaders from the tribal governments have previously voiced concerns about the proposed graphite mine, which would sit next to an estuary that supports salmon and other species that residents of the region depend on for subsistence.
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