Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska ...
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Education funding, defined benefit plans on Edgmon's agenda as House speaker
Dillingham, recently spoke with KUCB’s Andy Lusk after picking up the House speaker’s gavel again for the first time since ...
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Trump’s cutbacks are a ‘direct threat to Alaska’s future,’ legislative leaders say
Leaders in the Alaska House and Senate say they’re deeply concerned about the impacts of federal staff purges and a ...
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Alaska House plans vote on key public-school funding bill
The Alaska House of Representatives plans to vote this week on a bill that would significantly increase funding for the state ...
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Top Alaska House legislators reject plan to allow fish farms
Dillingham, and House Rules Committee Chair Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, said the bill will not aid the state’s commercial ...
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Lawmakers push back against Gov. Dunleavy’s bill to allow finfish farming
Dunleavy responded to fears over the bill in a video, doubling down on his assertion that it would not open opportunities for ...
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Down a member, Alaska House takes unusual step to move education funding bill forward
With one member out battling an illness, the majority could not pass the bill out of the Education Committee along caucus ...
Alaska legislative leaders urge congressional delegation to avert 'looming crisis' from deep federal cuts
Legislative leaders on Thursday wrote to Alaska's congressional delegation, urging them to block deep cuts to federal programs they say would "endanger the economic prosperity and social well-being of ...
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Alaska House majority slows fast-moving school funding boost for further negotiations
The bill has been fast-tracked through the legislative process, but on Friday, the House majority said further discussions ...
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Trump's cutbacks are a 'direct threat to Alaska's future,' legislative leaders say
Leaders in the Alaska House and Senate say they’re deeply ... R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, say the two Trump administration priorities “endanger the economic ...