"Bert Stedman"

The amount of per student funding hasn’t increased since 2017, and many teachers and administrators say the $30 increase planned for next year isn’t enough.

Senate Bill 88 would install a pension-like system in place of Alaska’s existing 401(k)-style retirement system for public employees.

The full Senate isn’t expected to vote on its draft budget until next week, and that will have to be reconciled with a different proposal passed by the House.

In the Alaska Capitol, committee chairs can exert an enormous amount of power, as demonstrated by the “Bert Locker.”

The COVID-19 pandemic emergency may have officially ended, but the coronavirus is still having an effect on the Alaska Capitol.

Ketchikan’s school district is looking at cutting about 15% of its workforce.

The state will have to put up more than $100 million in matching funds and then support the new ferries and facilities.

Stedman says the state needs to balance its longterm fiscal health against its ability to pay large Permanent Fund dividends.

The Assembly Building, built in 1932, will be the Legislature’s new apartment building.

Dunleavy called Thursday’s proposal a “beginning budget” and said the final version will depend on the price of oil as well as the result of negotiations with the Legislature.