Without an override of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes, the UAS chancellor says the university will likely see significant layoffs of staff and faculty at the Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan campuses.
Politics
‘Who are the 100?’ If budget vetoes stand, Anchorage shelter says it must choose who stays and who leaves.
As prospects for a veto override look increasingly slim, organizations that provide aid to low-income, homeless and other needy Alaskans say they’re facing increasingly difficult choices.
Anchorage leaders brace for ‘unprecedented’ budget situation
Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz describes Alaska’s pending fiscal situation as “an act of budgetary terrorism.”
While Dunleavy’s budget vetoes survive override vote, Alaska’s Legislature remains divided
While there won’t be a formal way to override the vetoes after Friday, there may be another path to restoring funding for some line items.
Artists call on Legislature to fund state arts council
If the Legislature does not override the governor’s veto, the Alaska State Council on the Arts will lose funding on Monday, making Alaska the only state in the U.S. without an arts council.
Portugal. The Man returns home to protest budget vetoes
Grammy Award-winning band Portugal. The Man is back in its home-state and played a free concert Tuesday evening in Anchorage as part of a rally against Governor Mike Dunleavy’s recent line-item budget vetoes.
Alaska lawmakers’ veto override vote fails in Juneau as protesters occupy GOP session in Wasilla
Fewer legislators were present in Juneau than the 45 votes needed to reverse the governor’s vetoes. Disagreement over where to meet has split lawmakers between the two locations, with Friday the constitutional deadline for overriding the vetoes.
In 4 a.m. emails, demonstrations and in-person ambushes, Alaskans press lawmakers on budget vetoes
Alaskans are approaching their legislators in person. They’re holding rallies and sleepovers. And they’re barraging lawmakers with phone calls, text messages and emails by the hundreds.
Alaska university students notified that millions in scholarships and grants currently in limbo
More than $350 million in Alaska’s Higher Education Investment Fund is set to be swept into state savings.
Alaska senators say time running out on funding for scholarships, medical education, Power Cost Equalization
State senators in Juneau raised alarm on Tuesday about the money swept from state budget accounts into a harder-to-access piggy bank: the Constitutional Budget Reserve.