A veto by Gov. Mike Dunleavy of state highway matching funds could delay hundreds of millions in federal highway funding for projects in Alaska.
Dunleavy vetoed $70 million in transportation match money that was reappropriated by legislators from various older projects. An appropriation was necessary to qualify for $600 million in federal matching funds.
Read MoreIf you haven’t done so already, I recommend that you read the New York Times interview with Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Read MoreThe little birds showed no desire to leave the nest, even as they outgrew the comfortable confines of their birthplace and jostled each other incessantly.
And just like that, they were gone.
Read MoreSomeone who walked the length of the route said he did his best to concentrate on the sea of humanity and put the turnout at 1,600.
Others said it may have been far higher. It’s hard to estimate crowds. But this was a big showing of opposition to Trump from Fairbanks.
Someone like former Trump spokesman Sean Spicer might have called it the largest Fairbanks protest in history. Period.
Read MoreThere are many issues related to this idea that deserve a dispassionate review, especially the potential impact on class sizes at other local schools and whether the approval of the charter school would lead to the close of University Park, Woodriver or Anne Wien elementary schools.
Read MoreOn April Fools’ Day, the head of AIDEA said the long-delayed $250,000 “independent” review of the agency would be released by mid-April after the contractor inserted revisions prepared and demanded by AIDEA.
“I would hope that it could be done in the next two weeks,” Randy Ruaro told a joint meeting of the state affairs committees of the Legislature on April 1.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan refused to say anything when Alaska Public Media reporter Liz Ruskin asked him about Trump’s decision to send the military to Los Angeles over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsome.
“Talk to me about the Marine deployments in Los Angeles?” Ruskin asked.
Sullivan should have answered the question. Instead, he took cover.
“Sorry,” Sullivan said. He ducked into an elevator and was gone.
Read MoreThe most important thing right now is to recognize that the charter school cannot open for the 2025-2026 school year without creating chaos.
There are far too many unresolved points of contention regarding enrollment, school boundaries, the budget, and staffing. These will not be sorted before teachers return to the classroom or kids return to school.
Read More“We are ending this disaster. America First,” says Nick³, a guy who keeps showing he is the last to know.
Read MoreNow for something completely different.
On my infinite list of reasons to avoid cleaning the shed, the presence of a robin and her chicks has taken the No. 1 position.
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