Sen. Murkowski won concessions for Alaskans, but critics say it doesn’t make up for the harm the budget reconciliation bill does, at home and in the Lower 48.
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To stymie veto overrides, Dunleavy asks Republicans to skip beginning of special session
Lawmakers have five days at the start of a session to consider veto overrides. The Senate president called Dunleavy’s request “absurd” and “unconscionable.”
Alaska Gov. Dunleavy forces early vote on education veto override with special session in August
Lawmakers must vote in the first five days of the special session on overrides to the governor’s budget vetoes and his vetoes on several policy bills.
After Supreme Court ruling, some Alaskans could be denied or lose U.S. citizenship
The court is allowing Trump’s new definition of citizenship to advance in states that have not challenged it legally.
Annual cross-border race draws fewer cyclists – and some Canadians who won’t enter the U.S.
One of the Kluane Chilkat Relay’s organizers says he thinks some of the Canadian participants “just didn’t want to come to the U.S.”
After federal funding cut, Alaska Legislature asks Congress to help rural schools
A group of Alaska’s rural school districts are asking for help after the federal government failed to renew a program that sends grant money to logging-dependent areas.