Alaska Legislature
Oversight bill seeks to address 'serious and ongoing problem' with oil tax transparency
The Dunleavy administration's secrecy has created a troubling blind spot where legislators cannot say for sure that Alaska is getting what it rightfully should.
Legislators salvage an education bill as the clock ticks down on the session
As the final days of the session approach, hopes give way to what's doable.
19-1
Just when things looked doomed in the wake of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s school veto standing, the Senate reached and passed a breakthrough deal that ostensibly addresses the two main complaints around funding schools: It has policy and a way to pay for it.
33-27
A lot can change in a few months, and even more can change in a year.
House passes budget that needs more work, approves cellphone ban that doesn't ban cellphones
There's still a long way to go on the budget.
As everything falls apart, school funding advances and much-delayed salary study is released
Oh how things can change in 80 days.
Education bill advances with homeschool testing requirement and UA Regents rebuked for anti-DEI measure
The new provisions are aimed at shining light on just how effective homeschool programs actually are. Meanwhile, regents were forced to squirm a bit over their decision to preemptively censor the university system.
House GOP pushes expanded use of force in the classroom, because of course
Because of course.
Deep Dive: The flaws in Dunleavy's two-tier education system
The governor's proposals would leave most students out in the cold in educational environments that are both figuratively — and literally — condemned.
Deep dive: Let's be honest about Dunleavy's two-tier education system.
Behind all the rhetoric that neighborhood schools must do the impossible with less, what Dunleavy is proposing is a system that funnels what little funding he will support to the few — while leaving everyone else to fight over the scraps.
