Dunleavy cited low oil prices as the reason for the veto, but local leaders — from superintendents to mayors to state lawmakers — say it threatens to push young families to seek opportunity elsewhere.

The reduction in education funding is one of more than $100 million in budget reductions Dunleavy made using his line-item veto power.

The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs, along with the next two years of funding for the public media system. The measure now goes to the Senate.

The Dunleavy administration is threatening to strip Texas-based BlueCrest Energy of oil and gas leases near Anchorage, saying it’s failed to advance their development.

Alaska’s schools have consistently lagged near the bottom in national rankings. A legislative task force will study funding levels and education policy ideas in an effort to improve.

Hundreds of advocates of are knocking on Congressional doors, asking lawmakers to reject particular aspects of the sprawling reconciliation bill. Alaskans are among them.

The rate hikes were passed alongside the city’s budget for next year, which the Assembly unanimously approved during a meeting Monday night after months of work.

The state-owned Alaska Aerospace Corp. signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Alaska on Tuesday in Fairbanks.

"Our military are to be used to protect us from foreign threats, but not within our own country,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.

The Northern Journal also found most state lawmakers disinterested in the topic of changing the limited-entry system.

The Alaska Board of Game will consider changing the predator control program to allow killing “brown and black bears in addition to wolves.”

As they process President Trump's chaotic tariffs and other economic policies, some of the country's most powerful CEOs are moving from denial and bargaining to public anger and depression.