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090 – Tis the Preseason

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090 – Tis the Preseason

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Legislative session is about to kickoff with a new legislative configuration. The following are a few news articles we reference in our discussion.

With conclusion of Fairbanks conference on Alaska fiscal future, what’s next? (ADN / Herz / 2015)
The recount is over. Alaska will keep ranked choice voting. (AKPM / Stone)
19 Republicans form House minority, choosing Anchorage member as leader (Samuels / ADN)
False citations show Alaska education official relied on generative AI, raising broader questions (Stremple / Beacon)
Loch Ness ducks or “vampire grebes”? Alaska governor’s wish list for Trump comes with AI hallucinations. (Northern Journal / Herz)
Re: Rightsizing – Alaskans deserve budget-cut specifics from lawmakers, not empty phrases (Op-ed / Cole / 2016)

089 – November Elections

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089 – November Elections

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Alaska Polling Places
OPINION: Alaska can do better than Donald Trump – (Race / ADN)
Campaign finance watchdog recommends $85K in fines against opponents of Alaska’s ranked choice voting system (Samuels / ADN)
Alaska House speaker suggests election bill was blocked because it would have improved rural Alaskans’ access to voting (Samuels & Maguire / ADN)

088 – Why is the Shovel

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088 – Why is the Shovel

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Judge rules Alaska correspondence school reimbursements unconstitutional (Samuels / ADN)
Judge grants stay until June 30 on correspondence school ruling, says state ‘mischaracterizes’ order (Samuels & Maguire / ADN)

087 – Charter Schools

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087 – Charter Schools

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Anchorage School District revokes charter of Family Partnership Charter School (Rockey / AK Public Media)
Alaska lawmakers grapple with test-score performance gap between charters and other public schools (Stremple / Alaska Beacon)
6 things to know about Alaska charter schools and why they’re No. 1 in the nation (Rockey / Alaska Public Media)

086 – Veto

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086 – Veto

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes major public education funding increase (Beacon / Brooks)
Alaska governor vetoes education package lawmakers overwhelmingly passed (Bohrer / AP)
OPINION: Fixing Alaska schools begins with overturning the education veto (Holleman / ADN)
Alaska Legislature plans to vote Monday on overriding governor’s veto of education bill (Stone / Alaska Public Media)
Data for Progress Alaska Polling