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Alaska Legislature fails to override Dunleavy's school funding veto
The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a significant funding increase for the state's public schools — a $1,000 increase to the Base Student Allocation, the ...
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Alaska House passes operating budget with $1,400 PFD and a roughly $450 million deficit
Lawmakers said that the Senate would now be tasked with balancing the budget, which could see reductions to a planned school ...
Market volatility complicates work for lawmakers in Alaska, a state whose fortunes are tied to oil
President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs and a related drop in oil prices have contributed to the uncertainty for ...
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Alaska’s governor flew to Taiwan to sell LNG. China’s not happy.
But his Taiwan visit garnered the most headlines. In Taipei, Dunleavy met for an hour with President Lai Ching-te and held a ...
Anchorage Daily News11d
Alaska House shrinks PFD in draft budget after chaotic committee hearing
JUNEAU — The Alaska House on Friday voted to shrink the Permanent Fund dividend in its draft budget over objections by the ...
KTOO13d
Whether a ‘pickle’ or a ‘crisis,’ the Alaska House is struggling with a deficit budget
The Alaska Legislature’s quest to pass a viable state budget before the end of the legislative session in mid-May isn’t ...
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Market volatility complicates work for lawmakers in Alaska, where fortunes are tied to oil
After President Donald Trump returned to office, Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared "happy days are here again." ...
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Market volatility complicates work for lawmakers in Alaska, a state whose fortunes are tied to oil
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — After President Donald Trump returned to office, Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared “happy days are here again.” He likened Trump’s friendly approach to ...