Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska ...
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Education funding, defined benefit plans on Edgmon's agenda as House speaker
Dillingham, recently spoke with KUCB’s Andy Lusk after picking up the House speaker’s gavel again for the first time since ...
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Trump's cutbacks are a 'direct threat to Alaska's future,' legislative leaders say
In a letter to the state's congressional delegation, Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, say the two Trump administration priorities “endanger ...
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Alaska legislative leaders urge congressional delegation to avert 'looming crisis' from deep federal cuts
Stevens and Edgmon warned about the "destabilizing" impacts of potential cuts to food stamps, early learning programs and Alaska's bypass mail program; said that hundreds of federal workers in ...
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Alaska senators unveil oil tax hikes as part of revenue measures to address growing deficit
House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, said Wednesday that the House majority would discuss revenue measures when they are approved by the Senate. But he also acknowledged Alaska's ...
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Alaska House plans vote next week on key public-school funding bill
Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, and House Rules Chair Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, said HB 69 will be amended in the House Rules Committee on Wednesday morning and advance to a vote of ...
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Alaska legislators oppose Governor’s fish farming proposal
Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, and House Rules Committee Chair Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, issued a joint statement on Monday, voicing their concerns that the bill would not benefit the ...
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Fearing Medicaid cuts, protestors march to Begich’s Anchorage office over vote supporting Republican spending plan
Thursday Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham sent Alaska’s congressional delegation, including Begich, a letter expressing extreme concern regarding ...
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Alaska House Leaders Oppose Governor’s Plan to Allow Fish Farms, Dunleavy Responds in Video
Yesterday, Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, issued a written statement after reading the bill. “Alaska’s commercial fishing industry, our coastal communities ...