A Call for Responsibility: Rejecting SB88 and Prioritizing No-Risk Solutions
Where have all the fiscal conservatives gone? In the recent debate over Senate Bill 88, a pressing question echoed through my head: “Where have all…
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Pooling Option Picks Up Steam
Real Health Insurance Savings Potential for School Districts The words “pooling” and “steam” in the title may conjure up images in your mind of hot…
School Health Insurance Option Will Save Millions
Directing More Dollars to Classrooms with Funds Districts Already Have The issue of school funding is a big focus this year in Juneau. Few are…
SB 88 Pension “Pill”: Better Read the Warning Label…
Senator Cathy Giessel, the sponsor of SB 88, and nine co-sponsors from the Senate Majority are touting the bill to reinstate pensions for public employees…
To BEnefit or Not To BEnefit…Is that the question?
The question of defined benefits for public employees: Should we return to DB? Can we afford DB? Since Alaska closed the door on the Defined…
News from Hughes Letter: February 6, 2023
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Things have been rockin’ and rollin’ this past week in the people’s branch and there’s no stopping the momentum this coming…