It was an honor to be at the Alaska Defense Forum, where UAF and other partners brought together an incredible array of speakers and attendees to strengthen the ties between our communities and the military that plays such a vital role in our state. Alaska’s...
The Alaska Department of Education (DEED) has proposed new regulations for the Board of Education to consider that Alaskans should be aware of and concerned about. DEED would like the board to approve a regulatory change that would require school districts to count...
AML’s Summer Legislative Conference just concluded, with 75 local government officials joining us in Utqiagvik for three days of information sharing, learning, exploring and learning about the community and region, and identifying priorities for this coming year. It’s...
We’ve been following discussions of school maintenance challenges, and lack of funding to address, with interest. These articles in particular seemed extremely pertinent. ‘Serious condition of dilapidation’: Alaska lawmakers show renewed interest in school maintenance...
I’m in DC and have been attending the National Association of Counties legislative conference. NACo is part of the intergovernmental relationship that exists between counties and the federal government. While much of the conference reflects the uncertainty of new...
There are two things that stand out for me this week as big, systems issues that will have to be addressed. First, if increasing the BSA is important to us then we must have all sides continue negotiating within realistic expectations of one another. Failure will look...
