Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
Over the past 25 years, state officials have largely ignored hundreds of requests by rural school districts to fix the ...
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Education funding, defined benefit plans on Edgmon's agenda as House speaker
Dillingham, recently spoke with KUCB’s Andy Lusk after picking up the House speaker’s gavel again for the first time since ...
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Trump's cutbacks are a 'direct threat to Alaska's future,' legislative leaders say
In a letter to the state's congressional delegation, Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, say the two Trump administration priorities “endanger ...
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Alaska legislative leaders urge congressional delegation to avert 'looming crisis' from deep federal cuts
Stevens and Edgmon warned about the "destabilizing" impacts of potential cuts to food stamps, early learning programs and Alaska's bypass mail program; said that hundreds of federal workers in ...
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Alaska House plans vote on key public-school funding bill
The Alaska House of Representatives plans to vote this week on a bill that would significantly increase funding for the state ...
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Trump’s cutbacks are a ‘direct threat to Alaska’s future,’ legislative leaders say
Leaders in the Alaska House and Senate say they’re deeply concerned about the impacts of federal staff purges and a ...
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Alaska senators unveil oil tax increases as part of revenue measures to address growing deficit
House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, said Wednesday that the House majority would discuss revenue measures when they are approved by the Senate. But he also acknowledged Alaska's ...
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Alaska Legislature’s Presiding Officers Urge Congressional Delegation to Oppose Recent Harmful Federal Actions
Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, sent a letter to Alaska’s congressional delegation urging them to take ...
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House Passes SB 87, Rejecting State Officer Pay Raises Amid Budget Deficit
Friday, on a unanimous vote, the House passed Senate Bill 87, rejecting the recommendations of the Alaska State Officers Compensation Commission (ASOCC) to implement automatic salary adjustments for ...