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Voter roll bill passes Alaska House with bipartisan support

State Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
The legislation would reduce the time required to remove someone from the state’s voter rolls from eight years to six years.
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Amid public worker shortage, Alaska Senate passes long-awaited pension bill

State Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to create a new pension program for public employees, a move that backers say will help address costly worker shortages in state and local government. Senate Bill 88, authored by Senate Majority Leader...
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Alaska Senate leadership calls House GOP’s K12 funding ‘unreasonably low’

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
As the legislative battle over education funding continues to take shape in the state capitol, the bipartisan Senate Majority has made clear the increase proposed by the Republican House Majority is far too low. “I think $300 is unreasonably low,...
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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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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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Rep. Vance, Alaska House Republicans take aim at voter-approved dark money law

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
Ever since Alaska voters approved an initiative for ranked-choice voting and open primaries, opponents have claimed voters were tricked into voting for the measure because of the initiative’s third element: A law to reveal the true source of dark...
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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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