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...

Judge orders pro-Dunleavy campaign and its backers to finally answer subpoenas

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton - January 29, 2024

Alaska’s campaign finance regulators may finally get answers about the inner workings of a campaign that backed Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s election in 2022, more than 14 months after the polls closed. On Friday, Superior Court Judge Una Gandbhir ordered...

Anchorage Mayor ‘Bonson’ goes rogue in Juneau

Anchorage Yarrow Silvers - January 26, 2024

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson went rogue in Juneau on Thursday, presenting his personal, unilaterally created legislative agenda in closed-door meetings with legislators, rather than the one he put together and agreed to with the Assembly in an open public...

Alaska Senate leadership calls House GOP’s K12 funding ‘unreasonably low’

News Matt Acuña Buxton - January 24, 2024

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,...

Alaska House GOP brushed off school bill concerns. Others haven’t.

News Matt Acuña Buxton - January 23, 2024

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...

Alaska House strips far-right Rep. Eastman of his only committee seat

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton - January 22, 2024

The Alaska House voted 39-1 on Monday to remove far-right Republican Rep. David Eastman from the House Judiciary Committee, leaving the Wasilla legislator without a seat on any committee for the rest of the 33rd Legislature. Eastman is one of...

Alaska legislators fail to override Dunleavy’s K-12 funding veto

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - January 19, 2024

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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