Barbara Haney
Republican candidate for Alaska House District 33 · Alaska House of Representatives
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North Pole, Alaska 99705
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School leaders urge Alaska education task force to raise funding and restore pensions
School leaders told the legislature's education funding task force to raise per student funding, restore teacher pensions, and fund building repairs separately. • Districts report 311 first day teacher vacancies and $2.4 billion in deferred maintenance statewide. • Public comment runs through Dec. 8, with a final task force report due Jan. 19.
Homeschool parents urge Alaska education task force to drop draft line on correspondence programs
“This sentence on page 9 is the only stated basis for folding correspondence programs into brick-and-mortar frameworks. Please remove it.”
Fairbanks voters will weigh banning voting machines for hand counts
Fairbanks voters decide Oct. 6 whether to ban voting machines and hand-count all ballots — an initiative its backers call cost-saving and its critics contest.
Senate committee holds Senate Bill 259 on property tax caps
Senate committee delayed a bill allowing Alaska cities to cap property tax assessment increases, citing concerns about lost revenue and state calculation problems.
Senate panel advances property tax cap bill despite state warnings
Senate panel advanced a bill allowing cities to cap property tax increases at 3 to 10 percent yearly, despite state warnings of lost revenue and administrative chaos.