Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes major public education funding increase • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, following through on an ultimatum, vetoed a bipartisan education funding increase Thursday after members of the House and Senate failed to advance education items the governor supported. Public school districts across the state had sought a significant increase to the state’s per-student funding formula, and hailed the passage of Senate Bill […]
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Anchorage Democrat alleges governor threatened Republicans before veto vote, prompting denials • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
Two days after the Alaska Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a wide-ranging education bill, the effects of that failure continued to reverberate across the state. In a newsletter published late Tuesday, Rep. Zack Fields, D-Anchorage, said the governor “threatened to campaign and spend $70,000 per race against any Republicans who voted […]
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Alaska Legislature fails to override $87 million education funding veto • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics
The Alaska Legislature failed on Thursday to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $87 million in bonus public school funding last year and likely set a precedent for the way future legislatures consider veto overrides. Thursday’s vote was 33-26 and did not fall along party or caucus lines. Forty-five votes were needed to override. The […]
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