Anchorage, AK – The newly formed Task Force on Education Funding will hold an organizational meeting on August 25 in Anchorage. As part of the meeting, the Task Force will receive an in-depth briefing from the Division of Legislative Finance with the latest education funding numbers and data, including historical comparisons.
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Anchorage, AK – On August 2, 2025, the Alaska Legislature will convene in Juneau for a special session called by Governor Mike Dunleavy. But while the Governor issued the call, he has also reportedly urged members not to attend, an apparent effort to block an override of his recent vetoes.
Dan started his career at UAF in 1993 and was hired in 1995 as a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In 2017, he was selected as Chancellor and after 30 years he is stepping down from at the end of the month. Chancellor White is unique as the national average for chancellors is four years and he stayed at our institution for eight years.
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Dear friends and neighbors, The Farmers Markets are open and chock full of delicious, fresh produce! Markets provide access to healthy foods, produced right here in Alaska, by Alaskans. Produce freshly picked here is more nutritious than the already weeks-old food shipped in to our grocery stores. Alaska Grown food cost is competitive with our various
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The Anchorage Daily News published Senator Tobin’s commentary about education funding. Plus, Friday is the deadline to comment on a regulation change that will negatively impact public education.
The Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Kuspuk School Districts are part of a national coalition alleging the Trump Administration is violating multiple statutes and the U.S. Constitution.
To my constituents and the People of Alaska,
Good morning from Europe. My office has received numerous inquiries about whether or not I will be attending the Special Session on August 2nd. As everyone is aware, should the Legislature be called into session, we have five days in which to override the Governor’s veto of the critical education funds that we added at the end of last session, through a balanced, bipartisan compromise.
I am currently mobilized with the Alaska Army National Guard, a fact which I announced in May, and for which I received an excused absence on the Floor of the Legislature.
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This newsletter comes to you from Bellevue where I’m at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region conference. It’s four valuable days talking and learning about shared issues and opportunities in front of America’s five northwestern states and Canada’s western provinces & territories. I do keep having to remind the Canadians they’re our eastern neighbor, not our northern
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Anchorage, AK — Last week, Senate Bill 50, sponsored by Senator Forrest Dunbar, D-Anchorage, which strengthens local housing planning across Alaska, officially became law without the Governor’s signature.
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ANCHORAGE, AK — Earlier this week, Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Senator Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage), officially became law without the Governor’s signature, which establishes May 12 as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Day in Alaska.
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