Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Governor presses school policy changes with funding increase, after vetoing larger boost
By Corrine Smith and James Brooks Alaska Beacon Along with announcing a veto of an education funding bill on Thursday,
Alaska Legislature passes $1,000 per student funding boost, despite governor vowing to veto it
By Corrine Smith and James Brooks Alaska Beacon The Alaska Legislature on Friday passed a major increase to K-12
As key bills advance, here’s an update on the Alaska Legislature’s biggest issues
By James Brooks and Corrine Smith Alaska Beacon With more than half of Alaska’s regular legislative session over, attention
Legislators in Juneau struggling to fill big budget gap
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman State legislators in Juneau are struggling with how to fill huge budget deficits that
Sen. Murkowski addresses challenges of federal firings, budget cuts in annual speech
By Corrine Smith Alaska Beacon U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, encouraged members of the Alaska Legislature – and the
Alaska legislators look to savings account for deficit fix
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Members of the Alaska Legislature said this week that they’re likely to use the
School district budget subject at MSB, school board meetings this week
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Funding and budgets for the school district was the subject of discussion during both the
New Alaska revenue forecast worsens state’s big projected budget deficits
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon The state of Alaska is still facing a significant budget deficit despite a revised state
Amid uncertain funding from state, Superintendent lays out budget proposal
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com During the March 5 Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) school board meeting, Superintendent Dr.
As Alaska Legislature tackles education funding, a bigger budget debate looms
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives began debating a bill that would provide a big boost
Mat-Su schools, like the state, face big budget gaps next year
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman Mat-Su schools are looking at another gaping budget hole next year. Borough assembly
Mat-Su senator proposes first new revenue measure for 2025 legislative session
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman State legislators in Juneau are dealing with what may be a $500 million hole