(Juneau, AK) – Thursday morning Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed House Bill 69, an education bill that increases spending by hundreds of millions of dollars without providing for more accountability or policy reforms. The bill would also increase Alaska’s deficit during a time of rapidly decreasing revenues. “For years, I’ve been clear: I support increased education […]
As a former educator for over 30 years, I welcome the news that President Trump has signed an EO significantly decreasing the power and authority of the US Department of Education. Since it’s creation in 1980, despite spending several trillion dollars of taxpayer money, student outcomes continue to fall, at risk students continue to be […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy has introduced legislation (HB 131, SB 124) to enter Alaska into the Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) which will bolster healthcare access and nursing opportunities across the state. The NLC is the longest standing, most well-vetted professional licensure compact in the nation, with 43 U.S. jurisdictions already members, and […]
In the five years since the pandemic upended the world as we knew it, many aspects of our everyday lives have returned to normal. The pandemic and the upheaval that resulted is something many of us would probably like to forget, but we can’t forget the lessons we learned during those tumultuous times. For me, […]