JUNEAU, Alaska — Cory Hughes moved to a remote Alaska village to teach and would happily stay and retire there if he could afford to — despite the dark winters and the fact the bathroom for his housing unit in the school’s kindergarten building has a sink that comes to his knees. They say unpredictable levels of state support tied …
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a budget plan Thursday that would pay residents an oil-wealth dividend of about $3,400 next year using a formula that lawmakers have all but abandoned and use savings to plug an estimated $990 million deficit. The proposal does not include an increase in the per-student K-12 school funding formula, though Dunleavy, …
Alaska Lawmakers Show Up In Different Cities, Stuck On $444 Million Budget Vetoes Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Thiessen/AP Mark Thiessen/AP There's a split going on among lawmakers in Alaska this week, but it's more than just political. Mike Dunleavy to address his line-item budget vetoes, some lawmakers came to Juneau, the state capital, and a smaller contingent of …
