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Alaska Legislature fails to override Dunleavy's school funding veto
The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a significant funding increase for the state's public schools — a $1,000 increase to the Base Student Allocation, the ...
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Alaska lawmakers' biggest education funding bill is dead. Now what?
Gov. Dunleavy vetoed a $1,000 boost to basic school funding. Lawmakers failed to override it. Here's a look ahead with a ...
Anchorage Daily News17hOpinion
Opinion: Alaska’s kids deserve better. Our legislators just failed them.
The Legislature had a chance to support students and teachers. Instead, it chose political posturing over public education.
Anchorage Daily News16hOpinion
Opinion: To improve Alaska education, we need reform and sustainable funding
The failure to override the education funding veto wasn’t the end of the road—it’s time to get serious about solutions.
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4 new Anchorage Assembly members sworn in, Constant remains chair
Yarrow Silvers, Erin Baldwin Day and Keith McCormick now represent East, Midtown and South Anchorage, respectively, and Jared ...
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Alaska Senate committee proposes $700 per-student school funding formula increase, following veto
Five days after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a major increase to Alaska’s per-student public school funding formula, a Senate ...
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Top 10 U.S. Cities in Alaska Most Affected by Climate Change
Discover how climate change is reshaping the landscapes of Alaska's cities! 🌍 From rising temperatures to shifting ...
Education funding veto: Meeting between lawmakers and Alaska’s largest school districts canceled
One day after the Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of House Bill 69 — which would’ve boosted the ...
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Anchorage Assembly swears in four new members, welcomes reelected officials
Yarrow Silvers, Erin Baldwin Day, Keith McCormick, and Jared Goecker—took the oath of office at the Anchorage Assembly’s ...