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Senate PFD bill’s even higher target for new revenue and savings gets mixed reception

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The Senate Finance Committee’s proposed solution for the interminable debate over the PFD is to cut the payout to what budgeters say would get the state’s current financial situation under control and then raise the amount when—and, critically, if—legislators...
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Dunleavy’s ‘parents’ rights’ bill to get second round of public testimony on Thursday

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The House Education Committee must not have liked what it heard during the first round of public testimony on Gov. Mike Dunleavy's controversial "parents' rights" bill—which delivered a wave of opposition—because it's set for a second hearing this Thursday. House...
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Internet safety hearing somehow ends with Rep. Allard talking about arresting librarians

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The House Judiciary Committee took what seemed like a trip back to the heyday of panic over violent video games and media during a hearing on “Parenting in the Digital Age.” The presentation was put on by Homer Police Department...
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Planned Parenthood says access will stay after Dunleavy-backed suit puts abortion pill in limbo

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As expected, a conservative Texas judge on Friday delivered a ruling overturning the federal government’s approval of mifepristone, throwing access to the pill commonly used in medication abortions into uncertainty more than 20 years after it was approved. The Dunleavy...
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Dunleavy’s approach to Alaska’s child care crisis: Another task force

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Aside from education funding, one of the most pressing issues flagged by Alaskans during the public testimony sessions on the budget is the state of Alaska’s child care system. For families, it’s a system that’s hardly affordable—Alaska is one of...
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After walkout protest, GOP-led House moves ahead with conditional school funding

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Work on the operating budget ground to a halt on Wednesday following a last-minute change pushed by the Republican-led House Majority that makes the one-time school funding the chamber approved earlier in the week conditional. The change effectively requires members...
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House approves extra one-time funding for schools

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The House got underway with the operating budget on Monday, frontloading a several-day process with a big-ticket amendment to increase school funding. While the House Education Committee debates would’ve led you to think there’s not much support among Republicans...
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State budget advances to marathon floor vote in the House

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After a multi-day amendment process where the House Finance Committee heard more than 80 amendments, the state's operating budget is headed to the House floor for an amendment process that could last much of this week. The House Finance Committee...
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Alaskans deliver overwhelming opposition to Dunleavy’s ‘parents’ rights’ bill in first hearing

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If conservative Reps. Jamie Allard and Tom McKay were hoping for a groundswell of support for the governor’s “parents’ rights” bill, then Thursday night’s nearly five-hour-long public testimony session had to be a big disappointment. There are varying final tallies,...
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Opinion: The fight over ‘parents’ rights’ isn’t about the rights of all parents

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Tonight, the House Education Committee is slated to take public testimony on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s major policy push of this year’s legislative session: The deeply controversial legislation to bring the GOP’s culture wars to Alaska’s schools with policies that...
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