What’s at stake?
And whoever wins on Tuesday (when the RCV votes are tabulated three weeks from then) will face the tall task of making Alaska into more than just “America’s natural resources warehouse.”
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Dunleavy admin takes new shot at university scholarship fund despite protections he signed
Just days after signing a bill that the courts said would provide certainty for the state’s scholarship program, the Dunleavy administration is asking the fund be left in limbo.
Looming school closures expose the reality of a ‘balanced budget’
And as if to put a fine point on the reality of budget cuts, these cuts will impact low-income families more than others. All but one of the targeted schools are Title I, meaning they have a larger proportion of students who are eligible for free and reduced lunches.
Legislators tell far-right Rep. Eastman to take some personal responsibility for Oath Keepers membership in eligibility fight
The Legislature won’t be helping Eastman out with the lawsuit seeking to bar him from holding elected office.
Perm. Fund board might be bad bosses but didn’t do anything illegal in firing CEO Rodell, investigation finds
The investigation, however, found they didn’t break the law or that Gov. Dunleavy was directly calling the shots on the firing of the exec.
Donations are sparse for Alaska constitutional convention vote, disclosures show
To date, less than $1 million has been raised on both sides of the question.
Investigation into firing of Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell ‘nearly finished’
A hard deadline for the investigation to be completed or released publicly has not been announced.
Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. posts negative returns for first time since 2012
There’s no immediate effect on state finances, but continued losses would reduce available cash for services and dividends.
State of the Race: Progressive House candidates hold cash advantage in most key races (Part 2)
A lot can and will change over the next three months—and it’s entirely possible that a single fundraiser will close some of these gaps—but it’s a good look at the state of the race for the Alaska Legislature, which will go a long way to determining what kind of policies we see take shape in Alaska over the next two years on everything from the state’s budget, the dividend and abortion.
Cost estimates for constitutional convention in Alaska range widely
Critics estimate the convention would cost between $17 million and $20 million.