AKLEG Week 5: 'Yeah, we had a lot of new people.'
The fed's rejection of Alaska's transportation plan is remarkable but not entirely surprising given that people have been warning about its problems since last year.
AKLEG Day 30: 'On the topic of pain'
In explicitly recognizing that Black and brown lives matter, the hope is that we can, as a society, start acting like it.
AKLEG Week 4: 'It's gonna get weirder'
“The future has already happened in the past, and it’s gonna happen again if nothing changes,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
AKLEG Day 23: 'Call it whatever you want'
Anchorage and the rest of Southcentral's energy woes take center stage.
AKLEG Day 22: 'We're all walking off a cliff'
Larger class sizes, fewer electives, fewer teachers, shuttered schools and choices between heating and payroll were just a few of the things administrators warned may happen without a BSA boost.
AKLEG Week 3: No to the Future.
Beyond mines, politically motivated lawsuits and questionable sole-source contracts, it’s hard to see exactly what the governor has said “yes” to in the last five years.
AKLEG Day 15: State of the State delayed
Questions about how the governor's preferred education bill would work in practice and whether it meets the needs of Alaska students in a fair and equitable manner have gone unanswered.
AKLEG Day 9: 'It was kinda backed into.'
The hasty bull rush to pass a sweeping education bill is running into the political reality of the Legislature.
AKLEG Week 1: ‘Let the games begin’
If it looks like a process aimed at limiting public input and clamping down on the possibility of any changes—like a bigger BSA—that’s because it probably is.
AKLEG Day 1: House GOP kicks things off by saying no to vote on K-12 funding
Instead, they're offering a much smaller increase tied to a litany of conservative education policy priorities.
