Gov. Dunleavy has not been shy about vetoing education bills, and lawmakers have failed to override him. Will a funding and ...

With a month left in the legislative session, multiple lawmakers said it would be difficult to craft an education measure ...

Alaska Education Commissioner Deena Bishop on Monday sent a letter to school superintendents, urging them to advocate for Gov ...

For the past two years, the Legislature has approved $7.5 million in child care subsidies. But the state’s dire fiscal ...

On Friday, the Alaska Senate’s finance committee finished work on a draft state operating budget for the coming year and sent ...

If the committee figure becomes final, it would be the smallest dividend in state history, when adjusted for inflation.

The ACLU has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections for allegedly violating the Eighth and ...

Concerns over the state's ability to pay for the $1,000 per-student increase in basic funding, given its worsening fiscal ...

Dunleavy hasn’t said whether he’ll sign the bill, but with broad support in the House and Senate, lawmakers may be able to ...

The Senate’s new draft dividend figure, and other spending, could change as the budget advances through the legislative ...

It comes less than a week after lawmakers failed to override the governor's veto of a $1,000 boost to basic funding.