JUNEAU – Members of the Alaska House Coalition will introduce legislation to nullify the recently amended recommendations by the Alaska State Officer Compensation Commission. A brief timeline: In January, the State Officer Compensation Commission submitted a report which recommended salary increases for the Governor, Lt. Governor, and executive department heads; allowing 60 days for the […]
Anchorage – Tuesday, Governor Mike Dunleavy announced his Fiscal Year 2023 budget vetoes. Major accepted budget items include full funding of public education, one-time $57 million Base Student Allocation increase, $2.5 million in additional pre-Kindergarten grants for a total of $5.7 million, and full funding of School Bond Debt Reimbursement and the REAA fund back […]
ANCHORAGE – Today, Governor Dunleavy issued his vetoes of the Fiscal Year 2022 budgets. Many of the vetoes contained services and projects that had bipartisan and bicameral support in the legislature. These vetoes include public broadcasting, pre-Kindergarten grants, Alaska Marine Highway, front-line social workers, tourism, and the Permanent Fund Dividend, among other essential services. Members […]
“Democrats in the Senate can have a functional democracy or the filibuster, but not both.” Voting rights advocates on Tuesday condemned Senate Republicans for blocking debate on the For the People Act, a sweeping pro-democracy bill, in a widely anticipated 50-50 vote that bolstered progressives’ arguments for combating GOP obstruction by killing the filibuster. The Democrat-led House passed a version of the popular bill […]