Where Have All the Adults Been in Recent Decades in the Legislature?
The raging topic spreading across the state as the month of May kicked off was HB 209 filed by Rep. Zack Fields of Anchorage. His…
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The Main Thing is the Main Thing: Education
No issue has taken precedence this session like the issue of education. It’s often a substantial topic in the legislature, but it has absolutely dominated…
Fiscal Frustrations
For those who want us to cut the budget enough to completely close the gap this year, there are not the votes. There will be…
ASD’s Rebuttal: Full Fail
You may remember from last week or from my interviews on the radio, that the Anchorage School District (ASD) over-estimated HR by $41 million for…
Get Out the Band-aids…
Online tax may come back and bite us SB 113 Corporate Income Tax on Digitized Businesses will be on the floor this week in the…
The Tale of Three Camps
⛺⛺⛺ My children attended public schools in both rural and urban Alaska, and I care deeply about all students throughout the state and want them…
STEP Right Up
As one of the eight who was on the education package negotiation team earlier in the session (2 from each majority and minority caucuses in…
Popping Balloons
Recently, my husband had a milestone birthday, and after the party, kids walked away with helium balloon bouquets. Inevitably, as we were cleaning up, the…
Alaska in Our Unsettled World
This isn’t the time of year for rollercoasters but it’s looking like this year is an exception. I by no means claim to be a…
Lopsided Agenda
While I’d prefer by far we had more focus on the private sector, this year, both the House and Senate majorities (who set the agenda)…
Buckle Up, Bronco
Are you ready, folks, for an adventure in problem-solving? Buckle up. We recently learned that the revenue forecast is down a bit so that our…
Will Alaska Be On the Sidelines or In the Game?
With a firsthand view on the Senate Resource Committee, I can see that there are majority members dead-set on two oil tax bills: one new…