Gov. Mike Dunleavy Archives

Despite promise of help from Juneau, Sitka School Board cuts 16 teachers to balance next year’s budget

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 2, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka School Board Wednesday night (5-1-24) passed a budget for next year with the most sweeping jobs cut in recent memory. A total of 16 teaching positions are gone, with most unlikely to be restored – even after a pledge by the governor to sign a one-time boost in education funding in the next state operating budget. Read More

Update: Sitka School Board to vote on 18 staff cuts May 1

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 26, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

Over 150 Sitka teachers, students, and other supporters protested the governor's cuts to education Wednesday afternoon. At a public hearing that evening, teachers pressed the school board for more concrete details about staff and program reductions next year. Read More

‘There are still things we can do’: Sitka’s legislators join unsuccessful effort to override governor’s education veto

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 19, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

Both Rep. Rebecca Himschoot and Sen. Bert Stedman joined the effort to override Gov. Dunleavy's veto of SB140, which would have been the first major funding boost for public education in eight years. Read More

Gov. Dunleavy says state prepared to appeal killer whale lawsuit to Supreme Court if necessary

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jan 31, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

Taking off the gloves at last, Gov. Mike Dunleavy assured a caller on Tuesday's "Talk of Alaska" (1-31-23) that the state would fight the Wild Fish Conservancy lawsuit to the US Supreme Court, if necessary. Read More

Dunleavy to Sitka DPS Academy grads: ‘Your character is going to be tested’

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Nov 22, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

Gov. Mike Dunleavy took an ideological tone in his remarks to the 43 graduates of the Alaska Law Enforcement Training Academy in Sitka on Nov. 18, saying, "We haven't had any shootings or lootings or burnings when the rest of the lower 48 and some of our major cities were going through that, what I consider to be nonsense." Read More