Alaska’s congressional delegation announced they were able to include a two-year extension for Secure Rural Schools payments in final appropriations bills for this year.
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Murkowski on primary campaign tour of Alaska
During a brief layover Wednesday in Ketchikan on her way to Sitka, Alaska’s Sen. Lisa Murkowski talked about the state’s Republican primary campaign, and about the presidential election.
Juneau Assembly approves city, school district budgets
The Juneau Assembly approved both the city and school district’s 2016 operating budgets last night.
With $500,000 to schools, Juneau Assembly makes up for last year
The Juneau School District now won’t have to increase class sizes in kindergarten to second grade.
House OKs timber payments, but Alaskans can’t count on it
A federal revenue-sharing program called Secure Rural Schools has been a million-dollar boon to some Alaska cities and boroughs, mostly in Southeast.
Congress extends timber country payments one year
Congress has passed a one-year extension of a program that pays out millions of dollars to communities in Alaska near national forest land, like Petersburg.