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1 week ago | 
adn.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
JUNEAU — The Alaska House advanced the operating budget to the Senate on Wednesday with a roughly $1,400 Permanent Fund dividend and a $450 million-plus deficit over two fiscal years. This year, legislators are facing a dire fiscal outlook and a sizable deficit based on status quo spending. The size of this year’s dividend is competing against widespread calls to substantially increase school funding, and all other spending in the budget.
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1 week ago | 
adn.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
JUNEAU — The Alaska House this week amended its draft budget to cut Medicaid funding for so-called optional treatments for gender dysphoria. Multiple lawmakers said if the proposed cut is ultimately approved by the Legislature, it would likely not cut health care for transgender Alaskans. But that remains unclear. Additionally, the Legislature’s attorneys warned the proposed cut to gender dysphoria care could be unconstitutional and unenforceable. Rep.
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1 week ago | 
adn.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate on Tuesday unanimously voted to advance the capital budget, which has an emphasis on school maintenance funding. The $2.9 billion capital budget is used to fund infrastructure and maintenance projects across the state. The vast majority of funding for the capital budget comes from federal sources. Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed a capital budget in December at a cost of over $280 million to the state treasury.
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1 week ago | 
disruptionbanking.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
Tesla stocks took another plunge this week in the wake of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. Monday marked a drop of 55% from a record high value reached back in December. Across the world, but particularly in North America, protestors are taking action, setting fire to and damaging Tesla vehicles in defiance of Elon Musk’s closeness with President Trump. But this week saw perhaps the first signs of a rift between Musk and Trump.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
Apr. 12—JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature on Friday narrowly approved a $1,000 increase to the Base Student Allocation, the state's per-student funding formula, but many legislators say the measure is likely doomed. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vowed to veto House Bill 69 unless policy provisions are added "to improve educational achievement." Multiple lawmakers have said they likely don't have the votes to override Dunleavy's looming veto.
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1 week ago | 
adn.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
JUNEAU — The Alaska House on Friday voted to shrink the Permanent Fund dividend in its draft budget over objections by the Republican minority about the chaotic process used to advance the spending plan. The House’s draft budget had contained a $2.5 billion statutory dividend that was originally proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. If approved, eligible Alaskans would receive a roughly $3,900 dividend this year. But the state would be $1.9 billion in deficit.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
Apr. 11—JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate on Friday narrowly approved a $1,000 increase to the Base Student Allocation, the state's per-student funding formula, but many in the Legislature say the measure is likely doomed. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vowed to veto House Bill 69 unless policy provisions are added "to improve educational achievement." Multiple lawmakers have said they likely don't have the votes to override Dunleavy's looming veto.
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2 weeks ago | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
By Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska Senate is set to approve a stripped-back education measure with a $250 million school funding increase, resulting in an immediate veto threat from Gov. Mike Dunleavy. A Senate panel on Thursday removed all the policy provisions from a bipartisan education package that was approved by the House, leaving just a $1,000 boost to the Base Student Allocation, the state's per-student funding formula.
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2 weeks ago | 
gazettextra.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska Senate is set to approve a stripped-back education measure with a $250 million school funding increase, resulting in an immediate veto threat from Gov. Mike Dunleavy. A Senate panel on Thursday removed all the policy provisions from a bipartisan education package that was approved by the House, leaving just a $1,000 boost to the Base Student Allocation, the state's per-student funding formula. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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2 weeks ago | 
thederrick.com | Sean Maguire |Seán Maguire
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Senate is set to approve a stripped-back education measure with a $250 million school funding increase, resulting in an immediate veto threat from Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. Get complete access for 24 hours to all of the content on our site, including breaking news, e-editions, archives (2010 to current) and special sections.
