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A hearing on a new education funding bill was derailed by a button.
A last-minute procedural objection led to a cancellation and hard feelings among lawmakers and the invited speakers from the ACLU, who had traveled to Juneau to testify at a hearing on in-custody deaths.
Rep. Thomas Baker’s proposal could reignite an old debate. Alaska Native leaders have expressed skepticism about the proposal.
The House Education Committee on Wednesday is set to hear a school-funding bill proposed by Rep. Tom McKay, R-Anchorage.
House leaders appeared to heed a request by Gov. Mike Dunleavy to make the reading institute permanent.
HB 193 overwhelmingly passed the Legislature on Monday. It would allow eligible rural schools to increase their download speeds to 100 mbps.
Alaska’s senior U.S. senator is one of a shrinking group of Senate Republicans publicly opposing Donald Trump’s run for president.
Dunleavy has regularly accepted hunting-related gifts during his tenure as governor.
The decision won’t be final until at least Monday, when the House is scheduled to vote on the underlying bill.
Lawmakers advanced other bills, on storage rentals, fireworks rules, telemedicine and federal lands.
The policy would allow teachers interested in Alaska careers to be compensated for their previous experience at the discretion of the school district.
Veteran lawmakers say the checks received by Alaskans would likely be far lower as the budget advances.
The $125 million to bolster the Arctic’s meager fleet is part of the pending Homeland Security Appropriations Act, according to members of Alaska’s congressional delegation.
Opponents say their civil liberties are at stake; supporters say the bill promotes public safety.
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to reporters Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire about what happened, and the coming political fallout.
House Bill 17 allows women to buy up to 12 months’ worth of birth control pills at a time.
The House voted 35-5 to approve House Bill 238, from Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage, sending the bill to the Senate for further debate.
Fairbanks’ school board president amplifies a version of the claims, but targets say the allegations are baseless.
HB 193 is expected to be approved quickly by the Senate and be sent to the governor for his consideration.
Any new education proposal will need to come from the House, say Senate majority members.
A proposed change to the state constitution passed an initial legislative hurdle a day after lawmakers failed to override Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of an education bill.
One week remains until the deadline for federal grants that would make equitable speeds affordable.
Young’s portrait will hang next to one of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens on the Capitol’s second floor.