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The GOP’s ‘present’ problems
GOP fiscal hawks let their party’s tax and spending package advance toward a floor vote. But they’re threatening to tank ...
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Alaska Senate passes compromise bill including $700 school funding boost with broad support
The Alaska Senate passed a second attempt at an education funding bill on Monday, setting up an up-or-down vote in the House that could send the bill to Gov. Mike Dunleavy. School ...
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Alaska Legislature could vote soon on $700 per-student funding increase with ‘compromise’ education reforms added, lawmakers say
JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature could vote within ... state’s per-student funding formula. Multiple lawmakers on Thursday suggested that the Senate’s new education bill could face a similar ...
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GOP Mega-Budget Bill Advances – But Conservatives Still Want Deeper Cuts To Medicaid
On Sunday night, the House Budget Committee approved President Donald Trump‘s mega bill after divisions in the GOP postponed ...
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Speaker Johnson gives new hope in House for DC budget fix
Trump has supported a vote to deal with the funding problem, which was first identified in the stopgap funding bill passed in March to avoid a government shutdown. The Senate passed ...
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With education funding veto override vote set for Tuesday, lawmakers and advocates are pessimistic about its chances
JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature is set to meet Tuesday to vote on whether ... down school funding measure last week, saying that “there’s no policy” in the bill. He also said the state ...