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Legislature strikes a deal on the budget with $34.2 million in earmarks

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
It took fewer than 24 hours and more than $34 million in capital project earmarks for members of the House Majority for the Legislature to reach an agreement on the state’s operating budget finally. The Republican-led House balked at taking...
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Legislature headed to overtime after GOP-led House balks at budget vote

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The Alaska Legislature is headed to a special session after the Republican-led House adjourned rather than taking a potentially organization-fracturing vote on the state budget passed by the Senate hours earlier. After holding onto the budget until the final day...
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Legislators run out the clock, allowing their pay raise to go into effect

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
The penultimate day of the 2023 legislative session didn’t produce any action on the Legislature’s must-do job of passing the budget, but it did see time run out for legislators to block a substantial pay increase for themselves. With the...
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As cracks grew, House leadership tried to pull the plug on school funding bill

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
Update 1:40 p.m.: The House Finance Committee returned to business today and took up the school funding bill without attempting to undo any of the changes done the night before. Republicans opposed advancing the measure, raising concerns about the...
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‘An exercise in futility.’ Board adopts final redistricting maps without any more changes

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The Alaska Redistricting Board today brought the battle over Alaska’s election districts to a close when it adopted the map the Alaska Supreme Court ordered for use in the 2022 election as the permanent map for the rest of...
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Legislature nears overtime as budget impasse drags on

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
When Alaska’s Republican-led House passed its version of the budget earlier this year, it contained a $2,700 dividend and a boost to education but no serious plan to pay for either. The bipartisan Minority Coalition refused to help the...
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School funding bill passes Senate. Legislators say there’s more work to be done.

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The Senate today passed what would be the largest single increase in school funding in state history, but it’s an increase that most legislators conceded will stave off the worst of the cuts after years of flat funding, rising...
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Permanent increase to public school funding headed to vote in the Senate

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
After much talk this session about a one-time increase to public school funding, the Senate is poised to pass legislation that would permanently increase the base student allocation. Senate Bill 52 would enshrine the $680 per-student increase currently contained in...
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Legislators reject far-right Bethany Marcum’s appointment UA Board of Regents

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Legislature voted narrowly today to reject Bethany Marcum’s appointment to the University of Alaska’s Board of Regents, marking the only rejection in this year’s round of confirmation votes. Marcum is a long-time figure in far-right politics in Alaska...
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House drops ‘egregious’ fee to seal old marijuana convictions

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Ever since the 2014 vote to legalize recreational marijuana in Alaska, there’s been the question of how convictions for what’s no longer a crime should be handled today. Both Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature have carried bills to...
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