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089 – November Elections

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089 – November Elections

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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)
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085 – Hardball

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085 – Hardball

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A big week in the legislature as the governor threatens to veto education funding, taxes are on the table, and the House Majority takes steps to prioritize the PFD formula in the constitution.

Alaska legislators pass education bill, but votes to override possible Dunleavy veto may be lacking (Brooks / Alaska Beacon)
Gov. Mike Dunleavy says bipartisan education funding bill ‘falls far short’ (Stone / Alaska Public Media)
Alaska House debates constitutional amendment guaranteeing Permanent Fund dividend payment (Stone / Alaska Public Media)
Anchorage School District revokes charter of Family Partnership Charter School (Rockey / Alaska Public Media)
Alaska Legislature plans March 12 vote on Gov. Dunleavy’s executive orders (Brooks / Alaska Beacon)
Alaska legislators start discussing governor’s education priorities as they face a looming veto threat (Maguire / ADN)
Proposal to define a fetus as a person in Alaska’s criminal code faces pushback (Stremple / Alaskan Beacon)
Anti-ranked choice voting initiative clears first hurdle on way to November ballot (Ruskin / Alaska Public Media)