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Dunleavy serves up reheated leftovers for the special session

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's snap special session this weekend is definitely not just about ensuring his slate of deeply unpopular vetoes.
Federal Government

Murkowski didn’t spare Alaska from Trump’s megabill; she just delayed the pain

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Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called her decisive vote for Trump’s megabill “agonizing.”
News

Dunleavy calls special session while legislator is on deployment in bid to skirt veto overrides

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Gov. Dunleavy called a special session starting at the beginning of August, ostensibly to push for policies that legislators have already rejected.
Commentary

Dunleavy compounds rural school troubles with latest veto of teacher housing bill

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For a governor who supposedly cares deeply about schools and rural Alaskans, Dunleavy doesn’t seem interested in making their lives easier.
News

Dunleavy’s oil tax secrecy reveals the faults in Alaska’s oil system

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Alaska’s oil tax system is complicated even by tax standards.
News

Dunleavy’s veto of oil tax transparency bill leaves legislators wondering, ‘What are you hiding?’

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On Monday, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that legislators had hoped would shed light on how his administration is handling oil and gas taxes
Economy

Hiring teachers from the Philippines could mean brain drain for Filipino schools

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When Alaska school administrators toured Pajo Elementary School, each class greeted them by welcoming them to the Philippines in both English and in Filipino.
Economy

New teachers are latest wave in the centuries-long history of Filipinos in Alaska

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The first Filipino known to visit Alaska came in 1788, aboard a Spanish trading ship called the Iphigenia Nubiana.
Economy

From island nation to an island in Alaska: how Filipino teachers adjust to their new lives

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Carmela Sison is one of Kodiak’s new special education teachers from the Philippines.
Education

Dunleavy, a self-styled education governor, slashes public school funding once again

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy became the first-ever governor in state history to veto school funding below the level laid out in state law.
Commentary

With the upcoming veto deadline, Dunleavy can seal his anti-school legacy

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has until Monday to decide whether to fund schools at the status quo levels or veto public school funding.
Economy

For teachers from the Philippines, getting hired to work in Alaska is only the first step

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Julieth Tapado was one of hundreds of teachers waiting for the chance to impress recruiters from Alaska school districts earlier this year.
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