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Vote advances key education bill in Alaska House

Alaska House advances school funding bill over Republican objections

Bipartisan House majority members say a big school funding boost is urgently needed, with the state’s education system in crisis.

Alaska Beacon · 15h

Alaska education funding boost nears vote of full House amid affordability concerns

Minority-caucus Republicans said the funding bill wasn’t worth discussing in committee because the majority hasn’t said how to pay for it.

Fairbanks KTVF on MSN · 1d

Vote advances key education bill in Alaska House, while highlighting tight margin

A voting error led one Alaska House of Representatives minority-caucus member on Wednesday to vote to move a public-school funding increase one step closer to passage through the Alaska House of Representatives,

Alaska Dispatch News · 3d

Alaska House majority’s major school funding boost stalls with a Fairbanks legislator’s absence

A working group of legislators and Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s staff is set to meet again Tuesday to try to reach an education deal.

Juneau Empire on MSN · 2d

Education funding bill advances in House as majority shortcuts committee process due to stalemate

A political power play to advance a bill significantly increasing education funding was executed by the state House majority Wednesday, due to the proposal getting stuck in a committee that is missing a majority caucus member who is in the hospital.

Alaska Public Media10h

'Alaska has become too federally dependent,' Congressman Begich tells state Legislature

The comments, in his first address to state lawmakers, come as Alaskans reckon with the effects of Trump’s broad efforts to ...

Fairbanks KTVF on MSN17h

Begich address to Alaska Legislature focuses on building strong economy

With an eye toward furthering Alaska’s economic interests, Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, addressed the Alaska Legislature for ...

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WATCH: U.S. Rep. Nick Begich addresses the Alaska Legislature

This is the Republican Congressman's first address to the Legislature since winning Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives last November.

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Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali’s name instead of change it to Mount McKinley

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North ...

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Here’s what Trump, after 20 days of his second term, has done so far specifically affecting Alaska

He signed executive orders renaming North America’s tallest mountain and ordering the repeal of any federal regulations ...

Juneau Empire on MSN8d

Alaska legislators say state’s fiscal picture is among the worst in decades

A planned increase for K-12 public school spending is expected to significantly reduce the Permanent Fund dividend.

Alaska child care advocates want subsidies and tax credits caught in legal limbo -- and more

Advocates want the Alaska Legislature to again pass a child care measure that is being challenged in court, along with additional help for the beleaguered sector. Legislators last year approved Senate ...

New York Post13d

Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali’s name instead of changing it to Mount McKinley

A resolution was passed Friday by the Alaska Legislature urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America's tallest peak as Mount Denali. AP The Alaska ...

Alaska Dispatch News22hOpinion

Opinion: Alaska’s housing and energy challenges now require ambition, vision and resolve

We face a sobering choice. Do we invest in a future where Alaskan homes are lifelines for residents and assets to our energy ...

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