The committee’s proposed cut is much deeper than the $32 million cut the House passed.
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Senate committee seeks to cut per-student school funding
The state Senate’s budget plan drops the Base Student Allocation by $300 per student, from the current level of $5,930.
Fish and Game says crab counts were low this season, fishermen totally disagree
The Bering Sea Bairdi crab fishery stayed closed this year, for the first time in four years. State biologists decided there were too few crab to safely harvest, but fishermen are questioning that decision.
State health commissioner, Rep. Young concerned about health care bill
Health Commissioner Valeria Davidson said the bill would devastate the Medicaid program in the state. Davidson said the bill shift responsibility onto states at a time when Alaska can’t afford it.
Eskimo village aims to serve up reindeer meat far and wide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Tribal leaders in a tiny Native village in western Alaska are expanding their commercial reindeer subsidiary to soon include sales of the lean meat to larger urban markets. The venture by Mekoryuk’s (ma-KOR’-ee-yuck) tribal government includes plans to build a new slaughterhouse and offer the meat for sale in places like…
Mitch Seavey, first to Kaltag, is confident yet cautious
For being the first to reach Kaltag, Seavey wins the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award, and with it, $2,000 cash and 25 pounds of Bristol Bay salmon.