Blog
AKLEG Day 43: 'Quit wasting our time.'
It looks like Dunleavy plans to blow up the education deal.
AKLEG Day 39: 'They're not props. They're human beings.'
While some legislators say it's not on students to prove funding their education is worth it, others say it's just the first step to address inequities in Alaska.
AKLEG Day 38: Silence
Members of the House Minority pitched various levels of an increase to the BSA and every single one was voted down by Republicans in the House Majority.
AKLEG Day 36: 'A Frankenstein's monster of a bill'
The House Republicans' plan to bullrush through a sweeping omnibus education bill fell flat on its face Monday.
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.
