Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska ...
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Education funding, defined benefit plans on Edgmon's agenda as House speaker
Dillingham, recently spoke with KUCB’s Andy Lusk after picking up the House speaker’s gavel again for the first time since ...
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Trump's cutbacks are a 'direct threat to Alaska's future,' legislative leaders say
In a letter to the state's congressional delegation, Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, say the two Trump administration priorities “endanger ...
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Alaska legislative leaders urge congressional delegation to avert 'looming crisis' from deep federal cuts
Stevens and Edgmon warned about the "destabilizing" impacts of potential cuts to food stamps, early learning programs and Alaska's bypass mail program; said that hundreds of federal workers in ...
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Alaska House majority slows fast-moving school funding boost for further negotiations
Lawmakers across the political spectrum were surprised. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, said Friday that a week or more of hearings were planned in the House Finance Committee.
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Alaska Legislature faces a $200M-plus deficit as it weighs school funding against the PFD
House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, discussed crafting this year's budget on Thursday and said that "it really is gonna be challenging." In December, Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed ...
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Down a member, Alaska House takes unusual step to move education funding bill forward
House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, said it was necessary to keep the education bill on track to reach the governor’s desk in March so that school districts can plan their budgets for next ...
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Dunleavy’s bill to legalize fish farms seen as flaky by many lawmakers, interest groups
Committee Chair Louise Stutes (R-Kodiak) and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon (I-Dillingham) released a joint statement opposing the bill. “Alaska’s commercial fishing industry, our coastal ...
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Education funding bill unexpectedly advances again, nears House floor vote amid affordability concerns
After the vote, Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, said there are always questions in the Legislature about how to pay for priorities. “I think in this fiscal year, we’re looking ...