ADN Politics podcast: How Alaska’s education funding bill ended up in limbo

Lawmakers in Juneau and school districts across the state are scrambling to sort out what to do next. Host Elizabeth Harball talks with reporters Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels about what is and isn’t in the bill, and what to expect going forward.

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy this week threatened to veto a hard-fought bill to increase funding for Alaska’s public schools, unless the Legislature agrees to back some of his own education priorities.

Now, lawmakers in Juneau and school districts across the state are scrambling to sort out what to do next.

In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with reporters Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels about what is and isn’t in the bill, and what might happen next.

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Host: Elizabeth Harball. Guests: Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels. Produced by Evan Phillips, Elizabeth Harball and Zachariah Hughes Editor: David Hulen.

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