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Award amounts for the college scholarship will increase by almost 50%, which supporters say should help keep more Alaska high school graduates studying in the state.
Gov. Dunleavy vetoed the money because it is unclear whether it will be needed, his office said,
It’s likely 18 months to two years before the state starts selling carbon credits. Several unknowns remain.
State officials say they made no mistake, but the overpayment rate looks high because they disobeyed federal rules during the backlog crisis.
The governor cut over $230 million from the operating and capital budgets with his veto pen.
The court declined to rule on whether correspondence allotments could be used at private schools, sending the question back to a lower court.
Officials say Anchorage likely now has more latitude to clear any encampments that it deems problematic and unsafe, even without shelter beds to offer homeless campers.
The decision could affect any federal agency decision challenged in court, including those related to fisheries, resource development and the environment.
The federal government rejected a permit for the road to mineral prospects, and retained protections against drilling and mining on 28 million acres in Alaska.
The case could determine the fate of a publicly funded homeschooling option used by more than 22,000 Alaska students.
The day commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., and has become a broader celebration of Black freedom and a marker of the struggle for equality.
The decision could change the system created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act more than 50 years ago.
The fund’s managers didn’t want to be ‘alarmist’ but warned of trends that could make an annual draw more difficult for state services and the PFD.
The Alaska Department of Law is relying on outside attorneys to argue a case that could determine the future of publicly funded home schooled programs.
Both presumptive presidential nominees remain popular with their party’s core voters, yet have struggled to secure the broad approval that helps their party win down ballot.
Leaders of a ballot initiative to repeal ranked choice voting face another legal battle next week.
A group of Republican and Republican-leaning plaintiffs filed a petition with the high court last week.
State officials offered feds a $300,000 compromise instead of a $17 million adjustment.
Supporters of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. turned in more than 5,900 signatures to the Alaska Division of Elections, hoping to get the independent presidential candidate on this fall’s ballot.
An investigation found accessible voting machines were missing or inoperable in recent statewide elections.
Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill making Juneteenth a state holiday. But Gov. Mike Dunleavy has yet to sign it.
Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom has the former president’s support in her bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.
A law Dunleavy championed to improve reading outcomes in Alaska public schools has received mixed reviews from some Alaska teachers.