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The administration wants to include a new High Arctic offshore area in a new oil leasing program, but U.S. rights there are ...
The Alaska Legislature has voted to uphold Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that would have significantly increased the funding formula for Alaska’s K-12 public schools. Dunleavy vetoed House Bill ...
The Alaska Legislature on Friday passed a major increase to K-12 education funding, worth $1,000 in the state’s per-student funding formula. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has indicated he will veto the proposal, ...
Alaska’s public schools might get more money, after all. Nine days after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a significant increase to the state’s K-12 public school funding formula, the Alaska Senate has ...
Alaska Education Commissioner Deena Bishop sent a letter to superintendents statewide urging them to lobby legislators for the governor’s education policy items – or risk Dunleavy again vetoing an ...
A major mining company is pulling out of Western Alaska’s Donlin Gold project, selling most of its shares to a U.S. billionaire with a history of investing in gold. Barrick Gold Corp., a Canadian ...
The Alaska House of Representatives voted to cut its proposed 2025 Permanent Fund dividend by almost two-thirds on Friday as the House’s contentious budget process lurched another step forward. The ...
Along with announcing a veto of an education funding bill on Thursday, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced new legislation with a lower per student funding boost, plus additional funding and policy ...
When oil prices rise, the state of Alaska gets a windfall in taxes and royalties. When gold prices rise — as they have, in dramatic fashion, this spring — state revenue barely ticks up. Industry ...
The lifetime GOP member called on the public to fiercely resist the Trump administration and for voters to oust Republicans.
In a commentary, Nathaniel Herz asks whether Alaska’s elected officials vote to buck Trump and preserve public media’s ...
The national party is increasing its contributions to state-level party organizations, particularly those in ...