Education funding and the state’s unfunded public employee retirement obligation topped the list of topics discussed by the Juneau Assembly and the Capital City’s legislative delegation on Wednesday.
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First draft budget includes $4.5M shortfall for Juneau Schools next year
Superintendent Glenn Gelbrich offered a blunt assessment of what the latest numbers mean in a presentation to the district’s budget committee Tuesday.
SE Alaska population grows 3.8 percent from 2010-2013
In the first three years of this decade, Southeast Alaska reversed a trend of anemic population growth that defined the previous 10 years for the region.
Is Alaska’s economy grounded?
Two economists Thursday offered different takes on what Alaska’s slowing economy means at the World Trade Center Alaska’s annual statewide economic forecast talk in Juneau.
Strong winds snap spruce tree
A large Sitka spruce tree toppled over in Juneau’s Evergreen Cemetery during a storm that blew through Southeast Alaska Tuesday.
“Field of Fireweed” to stay a field for now
The Juneau Planning Commission opted not to put a rezone request for the 82-acre property back on the table.