A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that ...
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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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Top Alaska House legislators reject plan to allow fish farms
Dillingham, and House Rules Committee Chair Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, said the bill will not aid the state’s commercial ...
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Trump's cutbacks are a 'direct threat to Alaska's future,' legislative leaders say
Leaders in the Alaska House and Senate say they’re deeply concerned about the impacts of federal staff purges and a ...
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Alaska House plans vote on key public-school funding bill
The Alaska House of Representatives plans to vote this week on a bill that would significantly increase funding for the state ...
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Alaska legislative leaders urge congressional delegation to avert 'looming crisis' from deep federal cuts
27—JUNEAU — Legislative leaders on Thursday wrote to Alaska's congressional delegation ... President Gary Stevens and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, in a strongly ...
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Down a member, Alaska House takes unusual step to move education funding bill forward
With one member out battling an illness, the majority could not pass the bill out of the Education Committee along caucus ...
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Alaska House advances school funding bill over Republican objections
Bipartisan House majority members say a big school funding boost is urgently needed, with the state’s education system 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 ...