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House finally passes operating budget after session crosses 90-day mark

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The House finally passed the operating budget today, just two weeks after it was first brought to the floor and a day after the...
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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...
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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'...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Over GOP objections, House committee moves money from permitting takeover to early education

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The amendment process in the House Finance Committee wrapped up on Tuesday afternoon with a vast majority of proposals for increased funding on everything...
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