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U.S. military, Sullivan share interest in reopening Adak naval base
The word came during a Feb. 13 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, after Sen. Dan Sullivan pressed federal officials to ...
Education bill aimed at increasing BSA passes House in 24-16 vote
The controversial education funding bill to increase the base student allocation by $1,000 passed through the state House on ...
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‘Schools have been waiting’: Alaska House passes public school funding boost
The bill’s sponsor called it a “wonderful compromise.” It boosts the largest part of the state’s public school funding ...
3 skiers buried in at least 40 feet of snow after massive Alaska avalanche
Alaska Wildlife Troopers said an avalanche buried three skiers under a blanket of snow between 40 and 100 feet deep in a ...
Alaska house education bill approaches senate, after lengthy floor sessions
A widely discussed education funding bill, HB 69, was extended to a third straight day of dialogue on the House floor Tuesday, after lengthy discussions and proposed amendments.
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Alaska House advances historic school funding boost over doubts about its costs
Lawmakers have broadly expressed concerns that the more-than $250 million school funding boost per year would be unaffordable ...
30-year-old airman was ‘fighter to the very end’ after brain tumor diagnosis in Alaska
A beloved 30-year-old husband and father who served with the Air Force in his home state of Alaska has died about a year ...
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Alaska House debates amendments to education bill in marathon session
JUNEAU — The Alaska House is poised to take a final vote on a school funding bill later this week, after a marathon debate ...
Avalanche buries at least 3 skiers near Anchorage, Alaska officials say
Alaska State Troopers say an avalanche swept up and buried three skiers under a blanket of snow that could be 100 feet deep in the Alaska backcountry ...
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House passes education bill with $1,000 BSA increase as state’s fiscal situation grows bleaker
House Bill 69 increases the Base Student Allocation from its statutory base of $5,960 and makes other changes that cost a total of about $275 million, a sizeable fraction of a state budget deficit now ...