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Senators demand answers and clarity on food stamp backlog

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
Officials from the Department of Health found themselves in front of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday to answer about the months-long backlog for the state’s food stamp program, which has hit rural Alaskans particularly hard with stories of...
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Following pressure by Dunleavy administration, Walgreens won’t distribute abortion pill in Alaska

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When pharmacy chain Walgreens starts distributing the abortion pill Mifepristone, it won't be doing so in Alaska despite abortion being a right protected in the Alaska Constitution. That's because Walgreens is bowing to pressure from a collection of Republican...
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Alaska Senate rolls out new retirement plan for teachers and public employees

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Members of the bipartisan Senate Majority introduced legislation today that would implement a defined benefit retirement plan for all public employees, including teachers, after nearly two decades of only offering public employees a 401(k)-style retirement. The current retirement system for...
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The buying power of Alaska’s schools is at a 20-year low with inflation and flat-funding

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Legislators got a closer look at the inner-workings of the state's school funding system on Tuesday that highlighted its complexities. But however you cut the complexities, the message is the same: The buying power of schools is at a...
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Senate passes legislation rejecting pay raises for governor and cabinet

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The State Senate on Monday passed legislation to reject pay raises for Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and state commissioners. The State Officers Compensation Commission recommended earlier this year pay raises for the state’s executive branch that ranged...
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Alaska’s retirement system falls short for most

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We’ve heard from employees, employers, unions and lawmakers that the state’s current retirement system for public employees—both state and local—just isn’t working. The combination of the 401(k)-style retirement tier and the state’s lack of Social Security benefits is not...
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Alaska’s state government could run out of money before July, but it probably won’t

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With oil prices down far below the rosy projections the Alaska Legislature had when it passed the budget last year, the state of Alaska could run out of money before the end of the fiscal year on June 31—a...
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Alaska House censures Eastman for asking if deaths of abused children are a ‘benefit to society’

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Fewer than 48 hours after Rep. David Eastman made some of the most ghoulish remarks of his time in the Alaska Legislature when he asked if the deaths of abused children might be a "benefit to society" because those...
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Senate President Stevens says Legislature unlikely to approve pay raises for governor, cabinet

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
Earlier this year, the State Officers Compensation Commission recommended pay increases for Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and state commissioners that ranged from $15,000 to nearly $31,000 annually. Those pay increases will automatically go into effect unless the...
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Rep. Eastman asks if kids killed by abuse are a ‘benefit to society’ in hearing on childhood trauma

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The House Judiciary Committee’s Monday hearing on childhood trauma—a look at how adverse childhood experiences can cause life-long impacts on everything from a person's health and education to their employment later in life—took a grim and disturbing twist when...
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