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Alaska House GOP wants to make the Legislature a safe space for U.S. Sen. Sullivan

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U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan gave his annual address to the Alaska Legislature on Thursday.
Commentary

Budget and GOP are still roadblocks to increased public school funding

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The Alaska House passed House Bill 69, legislation outlining a $1,000 increase to per-student funding known as the base student allocation.
Education

Dunleavy Republicans pitch expanded use of ‘nondeadly force’ in the classroom

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The Alaska House kicked off the amendment process on its long-awaited school funding bill, where Dunleavy-aligned Republicans offered more than 100 changes.
Education

Dunleavy’s two-tier education system is based on shoddy evidence

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
Legislators zeroed in on the $75 million the governor wants to add toward homeschool funding.
Commentary

Dunleavy’s push for a two-tier education system would only worsen inequities

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The first month and a half of Alaska’s legislative session has painted a grim and frustrating picture surrounding public education.
Federal Government

Alaska legislators predict dire effects if Congress cuts Medicaid funding

James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - 0
A budget resolution this week puts the U.S. House on track for significant cuts to Medicaid, with big effects in Alaska.
Courts

Signatures can be gathered for 2026 repeal vote on Alaska voting system, lieutenant governor says

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Less than four months after Alaska voters rejected a ballot measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system, the state’s lieutenant governor has OK’d a new petition-gathering effort to repeal the system. 
Economy

Alaska state workers rally at the Capitol, calling for salary transparency and pension plan

Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon - 0
The Alaska State Employees Association filed a lawsuit this week seeking to compel the release of a statewide salary study, which they say is essential to union wages and a stable retirement.
Commentary

AIDEA nows says it doesn’t need $50 million for gas line study

Dermot Cole - 0
Juneau Sen. Jesse Kiehl said something not long ago about how the job of a legislator is often to say no.
News

Shocker. Republican who bashed students on social media is skeptical of letting them pre-register to vote

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
House Bill 21 proposes allowing Alaskans to pre-register to vote once they turn 16.
News

Dunleavy manipulated salary study so he could keep underpaying workers, lawsuit alleges

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The Dunleavy administration has been vague and non-committal about a long-overdue wage study that legislators hoped would shed light on chronic problems of public sector worker shortages and turnover.
News

Alaska Legislature says Denali should stay Denali

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The Alaska Senate today voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling on Trump and the federal government to undo the renaming of the nation’s tallest mountain.
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