$3,892 PFD advances as part of House committee’s deficit-laden budget draft
Two budget-related bills were advanced by the House Finance Committee, but not without extensive debate first.
‘We’re going to be here forever’: Recent sightings of loose rescue dog near Juneau keep searchers on their toes
A German shepherd-husky mixed dog has been on the run near Juneau for nearly two months, and animal rescue officials are ...
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Juneau Assembly to vote on fifth cruise ship dock Monday
The Assembly will vote on whether to lease city-owned tidelands, the submerged land in the Gastineau Channel, for the project ...
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Alaska House advances deficit-fixing budget bill, but there’s a catch
The Alaska House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that seeks to solve a nearly $200 million state budget ...
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Alaska House panel advances draft budget with full PFD and $1.9B deficit
The unbalanced budget reflects sharp divides in the Legislature on the PFD, school funding and the size of the budget itself.
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Value of Alaska Native education emphasized by Sealaska Heritage Institute president at U.S. Senate hearing
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and vice chair U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi) led the meeting titled “Native American Education – Examining ...
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JDHS softball returns to the circle, baseball to the mound
The JDHS boys baseball team remains where it has always played, the SEC DI, now with just Sitka and Ketchikan, but the ...
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Lawmakers approve security screening checkpoint for Alaska State Capitol
Not everybody's happy about the change, which ends decades of unfettered access to the Capitol. But some lawmakers say it's ...
Cheeseburgers and chicken so far fail to entice a rescue dog who's spent weeks on the run in Alaska
A German shepherd-husky dog has evaded capture for nearly two months after being rescued from a California shelter and ...
Dog rescued after L.A. wildfires goes missing in Alaska
After surviving the Los Angeles wildfires, a stray dog named Jackie was rescued from a local shelter, where she faced possible euthanasia, and flown to Juneau, Alaska. But just one day after ...
Alaska receives federal warning it's at risk of losing funding over food stamp backlog
The Alaska Department of Health is at risk of losing federal funding because of an ongoing backlog in processing food assistance applications, federal officials told the state last month. The state ...
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Alaska Senate Education Committee advances new school funding bill with $1,000 per-student boost
HB 69 heads now to the Senate Finance Committee. It remains unclear whether the $1,000 BSA boost will be approved by the full ...