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The biggest changes will come in the House as it flips from a Republican-led coalition to one mostly made up of Democrats and independents.
The Alaska House Finance Committee on Tuesday voted 6-5 against a request by Gov. Mike Dunleavy for a state attorney intended to help parents sue local school districts.
A key Alaska House committee has approved funding for the most school maintenance projects in several years — from new roofs to copper pipe and electrical replacements. The finance committee ...
Worried that the budget would not have enough votes to pass directly to the governor, the House of Representatives has delayed action. But, if the budget remains unchanged, the $5,500 checks to ...
Palmer Republican DeLena Johnson, co-chair of the House Finance Committee, introduced an amendment to increase school funding by $175 million for the fiscal year that begins in July, saying that a ...
JUNEAU — The Alaska House’s budget is stuck, with disagreements on the size of the Permanent Fund dividend, school funding and the size of the budget itself. The House Finance Committee last ...
Thanks for a so-called “full” Permanent Fund dividend of about $3,800 was offered this week by numerous Alaskans during public testimony to the House Finance Committee about its proposed state ...
House Speaker Louise Stutes did not include in her appointments to a conference committee House Finance Co-chair Neal Foster, who voted to accept the Senate plan.
May 14—JUNEAU — The Alaska House Republican-led majority's draft plan to address the state's structural deficit has faltered, with days left before the expected end of the legislative session ...
The Alaska Senate on Thursday, May 11, passed a bill to increase public school funding by more than $175 million per year, sending the measure to the House with less than a week to go before the ...
House Finance Committee co-chair Rep. Jennifer Johnston said the provisions allow up to $250 million to be drawn for unforeseen costs and what she called standard language to ensure the budget is ...