Day 21: The bipartisan Freshman Caucus and worthwhile tension
“I get that you’re new,” he said, on a committee where four of the seven members are new.
Day 17: Senate goes big on school funding/Chief Justice Winfree gives a fitting farewell
"With apologies to Led Zeppelin and ‘Stairway to Heaven,’ and those too young to understand the reference."
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Changes and next steps.
Day 15: EPA delivers long-awaited veto of Pebble Mine
What ought to be the conclusion of the decades-long fight over the mine was cause for celebration for just about everyone except for Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the mine’s biggest booster in elected office.
Day 14: Education funding, the budget and carbon offsets
With a big call for increased education funding, it's hard to ignore the governor's budget doesn't exactly have a lot of room for new spending and that new revenue is a long ways off.
Day 10: ‘We're just asking for the crust’
Education advocates ask for what looks like a big increase to K-12 funding, but would just maintain the status quo amid escalating inflation.
Day 9: Conservative public pension plan runs into conservative opposition
What if the teachers want this, too?
Slaughtering the sacred cow: Alaska's budget volatility may put the Permanent Fund at risk
The state has much more stability in its budget picture now that the Alaska Permanent Fund is helping pay the bills, but some are already eyeing the fund for more spending than it can handle.
Day 8: 'The devil's in the details'
Dunleavy turns a page, but we're waiting to see if it's really a new story.
Day 7: Anchorage Assembly takes ‘extraordinary’ measures against Mayor Bronson
No more $29,500 sole-source contracts for the next 60 days.
