Governor Asks Republican Legislators to Stay Away From Special Session Vote on School Funding

Gov. Dunleavy veto of increase for Alaska child care and infant learning funding draws concerns

Students swing on a playground at Meadow Lakes Head Start in Wasilla, Alaska. It closed in 2024 due to funding and staffing challenges. (Image by Lela Seiler, courtesy of CCS Early Learning)The budget vetoes that Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued last month included millions of dollars proposed by the Legislature to bolster child care and early intervention services for children with disabilities or developmental delays. Dunleavy vetoed a propose…

Governor asks Republican legislators to stay away from special session vote on school funding

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has called legislators into special session starting Aug. 2 to consider education issues, triggering a five-day clock if lawmakers want to override his veto of $50 million in state funding for K-12 schools in Alaska. But, in an unusual request, the governor at a meeting of House Republican lawmakers on the same day he announced the special session asked them to stay away from...

Governor asks some lawmakers to stay away from special session he called

In a meeting with Republican members of the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy had what he called an “unorthodox” request.

Reporting From Alaska- Dunleavy's duplicity on special session: Asking GOP legislators to refuse to show up and do their jobs

The important thing for Alaskans to understand about the special session set for August 2 is that Gov. Mike Dunleavy lied to Alaskans about all this. The absurd special session is not about Dunleavy’s recycled education bill or his recycled order to create a new agriculture department with the phony price tag of zero.Dunleavy was lying when he made those claims July 2.He called the special session as part of a scheme to prevent the Legislature f…