The intent of Senate Bill 224 is to keep any money in the accounts from being swept into a state piggy bank, the Constitutional Budget Reserve.
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Alaska lawmaker retaliates after Washington proposes tax on fuel exports
The Washington legislation would increase fuel exported to Alaska, Idaho and Oregon by 6 cents per gallon. It wouldn’t affect Washington residents.
Basketball team travels 70 miles by snowmachine to its first competition since the pandemic began
The Sockeye Classic was supposed to be the Togiak Huskies’ first competition since the pandemic began two years ago. And they really wanted to play.
New to Alaska, Filipino teachers find their rhythm in Aniak
Nearly all of the Kuspuk School District’s new teaching staff come from the Philippines.
While Chignik fishermen wait on 2018 relief funds, some look beyond the fishery to survive
Chignik fishermen are finally expecting federal relief funds to start coming in, but that assistance may be too late.
Juneau-based Yup’ik artist Qacung Blanchett receives two big national awards
Bethel-raised musician Qacung Stephen Blanchett was recently named a 2022 United States Artists Fellow, as well as one of the Kennedy Center’s 50 for the Next 50.