The agenda doesn’t include funding for this year’s PFD — or $18.1 million for university scholarships and grants; $3.3 million for medical education; and $15.8 million in oil spill prevention and response.
Andrew Kitchenman
State Government Reporter, Alaska Public Media & KTOO
State government plays an outsized role in the life of Alaskans. As the state continues to go through the painful process of deciding what its priorities are, I bring Alaskans to the scene of a government in transition.
Dunleavy won’t appeal judge’s ruling that state must fund program for lower energy costs
Dunleavy said in a statement that the ruling provided clarity and that the Power Cost Equalization program provides an essential service.
2020 census data is out. Here’s how Alaska has changed in the last 10 years.
The share of Alaska’s population that identifies as a race or ethnicity other than solely white rose from less than a third of the population to more than than 40%.
Judge rules state must fund program lowering electricity costs in rural Alaska
The ruling will keep more than $1 billion dollars in the Power Cost Equalization Endowment Fund.
‘The days of getting away with it are over’: State seeks to collect more than 20,000 missing DNA samples
Alaska law requires that state and local law enforcement agencies collect DNA samples from all people charged with a crime against another person or a felony. But in a lot of cases, that hasn’t happened over the past 25 years.
Alaska medical students face large tuition increase due to funding dispute
Students and others involved in health care in Alaska asked lawmakers to agree to fund the program in the upcoming special session.