(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy has vetoed the five bills (HB 19, 29, 122, 189, 203) passed by the Alaska Legislature after the constitutionally mandated deadline to adjourn the session at midnight, May 16, 2024. “I understand the Legislature’s desire to keep working into the early morning hours of May 16 so its members […]
The Association of Alaska School Boards is deeply concerned about the governor’s veto of SB 140. This veto sabotaged several weeks of hard work and bipartisan collaboration by the legislature to provide a significant investment in public education that would have benefited every school district and student in the state. Instead, the governor has decided […]
(Juneau, AK) – Thursday evening Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed Senate Bill 140 due to its absence of educational reforms that had been offered in previous education bills filed. Tonight, he offered the following statement on his decision. “After a thorough analysis and careful consideration, I have decided to veto Senate Bill 140.SB 140 […]
“We should ask ourselves: How many innocent lives must be sacrificed before the council deems it necessary to call for a cease-fire?” said the Algerian envoy to the United Nations As a United Nations agency halted aid deliveries in northern Gaza, where acute malnourishment is rampant among children, citing a “breakdown of social order” fueled […]