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Feb 19 2019

Reps. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, and Steve Thompson, R-Fairbanks, talk immediately following a Committee on Committees meeting in Juneau on Feb. 19, 2019.

House committees organize, five weeks after session began

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Politics, Southeast, Southwest, State Government

The powerful House Finance Committee will have eight Republicans — including four from each caucus — two Democrats and one independent.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | February 19, 2019 5:59 pm

Feb 19 2019

Watch: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses the Alaska Legislature

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | 2 Alaska, Federal Government, Politics, State Government

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski delivered her annual address to the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday. This is the first of three special addresses this week in the state Capitol.

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | February 19, 2019 9:24 am

Feb 18 2019

Policy Director Mike Barnhill of the Office of Management and Budget presents information about the state operating budget to the Senate Finance Committee in Juneau on Feb. 18, 2019. OMB Director Donna Arduin accompanied him.

Senators question Dunleavy’s budget proposal

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Education, Politics, Southcentral, Southwest, State Government

Anchorage Republican Sen. Natasha von Imhof said that to maintain Dunleavy’s commitment to full permanent fund dividends — without having an income tax — would require cuts on the scale he’s proposed.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | February 18, 2019 5:23 pm

Feb 16 2019

University of Alaska campuses like UAS Sitka could face major cuts under Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget. (Photo by Emily Kwong/KCAW)

Proposed budget cuts a ‘disaster’ for Sitka schools, education leaders say

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW | 2 Alaska, Education, Southeast, State Government, University of Alaska

Gov. Dunleavy’s proposed budget does away with about 25% of K-12 funding and cuts the University of Alaska system’s funding by 41%. Sitka School District’s superintendent says, “If implemented, it will decimate public education in Alaska.”

By Enrique Pérez de la Rosa, KCAW | February 16, 2019 4:57 pm

Feb 15 2019

Rep. Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, speaks to members of the House of Representatives immediately after being elected speaker of the House for the 31st Legislature in Juneau on Feb. 14, 2019.

Multi-partisan House majority takes shape

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Politics, Southcentral, Southwest, State Government

The newly-formed House majority is working out who will fill its committee seats. Meanwhile, the majority coalition is still trying to add more Republican members who are currently in the minority.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | February 15, 2019 6:47 pm

Feb 15 2019

Legislative Finance gets ready to release its version of Dunleavy’s new budget

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, State Government

Typically, the governor is required to release a budget by mid-December, and the Legislative Finance Division has about a month to get through it before lawmakers come into session. But that didn’t happen this year.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | February 15, 2019 6:20 pm

Feb 15 2019

Gov. Michael Dunleavy prepares to speak about offering Alaska National Guard support for President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration, Feb. 15, 2019.

Dunleavy offers Alaska National Guard support to Trump’s emergency declaration

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Federal Government, Military, Nation & World, Politics, State Government

Gov. Michael Dunleavy issued a short video statement Friday offering the state’s support to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | February 15, 2019 5:10 pm

Feb 15 2019

UAF neurobiology and anatomy.Professor Abel Bult-Ito speaks at a rally in front of the Capitol in Juneau on Feb. 13, 2019. About 80 people participated in the rally organized by the University of Alaska to advocate for support of state funding. It was held on the same day Gov. Michael Dunleavy released the latest version of his proposed state budget.

‘Devastating’ and ‘significant’: Educators react to Dunleavy’s budget proposal

By Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media | Education, Politics, Southcentral, State Government, University of Alaska

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen says if Dunleavy’s budget proposal goes through, he’s confident that programs would have to be cut and campuses would need to shut down.

By Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media | February 15, 2019 3:35 pm

Feb 15 2019

This massive seal of the state of Alaska hangs on April 19, 2018, behind the dais where Alaska Supreme Court justices hear cases in the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage.

Alaska court strikes down ‘medically necessary’ abortion law

By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press | 2 Alaska, Crime & Courts, Family, Federal Government, Health, Politics, State Government

The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday struck down as unconstitutional a state law and regulation seeking to define what constitutes medically necessary abortions for purposes of Medicaid funding.

By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press | February 15, 2019 1:16 pm

Feb 14 2019

Hollis French, center, testifies at a Feb. 8, 2019 hearing regarding whether he should be fired from his post at AOGCC for cause.

Findings released regarding governor’s bid to fire head of state oil and gas watchdog agency

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Energy & Mining, Politics, State Government

The report supports some, but not all, of the governor’s charges against the chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, former Democratic state Sen. Hollis French.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | February 14, 2019 6:35 pm

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House committees organize, five weeks after session began

Watch: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses the Alaska Legislature

Senators question Dunleavy’s budget proposal

Proposed budget cuts a ‘disaster’ for Sitka schools, education leaders say

Multi-partisan House majority takes shape

Legislative Finance gets ready to release its version of Dunleavy’s new budget

Dunleavy offers Alaska National Guard support to Trump’s emergency declaration

‘Devastating’ and ‘significant’: Educators react to Dunleavy’s budget proposal

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