Four Alaska school districts named in legal challenge over use of public funds to pay for private school tuition
The challenge could have implications for the roughly 23,000 correspondence students in Alaska.
Spending on salaries for Alaska’s top officials increased more than 10% last year
Compensation for state executives topped $26 million for the first time.
Lawmakers grill Dunleavy administration over delayed salary study
A nine-month delay in releasing the results of the study could affect compensation for thousands of state employees.
Anchorage School District proposes cutting teacher positions, middle school sports and more amid flat state funding
The budget proposal also calls for cutting librarian and school nurse positions, as well as a program serving gifted students.
Gov. Dunleavy unveils education legislation that would boost Alaska homeschooling and charter schools, setting up a battle with lawmakers
The governor’s proposal would not increase the state’s school funding formula.
Murkowski urges Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to boost public confidence in vaccines
Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called the nominee an “influencer” and spoke about the importance of vaccines in Alaska.
Panel recommends automatic salary adjustments for Alaska governor, cabinet, lawmakers
Legislative leaders said they didn’t think pay raises were needed.
Ranked choice voting opponents fined $157K for repeated violations of campaign reporting requirements
Backers of an unsuccessful ballot measure owe the state more than $250,000 in fines.
In ‘fourth-quarter’ State of the State address, Dunleavy paints optimistic picture
Legislative leaders criticized the lack of ideas to balance the state’s budget.
A look back at Gov. Dunleavy’s annual speeches to the Legislature
Six years of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State of the State addresses shows while some policy ideas he introduced have been embraced and adopted, many others have been resoundingly rejected.