Alaska Lawmakers Override 2 Dunleavy Vetoes, Restoring $50M in Education Funding

Alaska lawmakers override 2 Dunleavy vetoes, including veto of $50M in education funding

JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers overrode two of Gov. Mike Dunleavy's vetoes in a joint session Saturday. The Legislature voted to override the governor's veto of a bill meant to ensure the state is collecting the oil and gas taxes it…

Alaska lawmakers override 2 Dunleavy vetoes, restoring $50M in education funding

Lawmakers adjourned a joint session without considering any of Dunleavy’s other recent vetoes, including of school maintenance and construction funding and other bills that passed with bipartisan support.

Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of public school funding, restoring services and teachers

Rep. Neal Foster, D-Nome, walks past pro-override protesters before the start of a special legislative session on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at the Alaska Capitol in Juneau. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)The Alaska Legislature, meeting in special session, has overridden Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of more than $50 million in public school funding. The vote was 45-14. Forty-five votes are needed to override an Alaska governor’s budget veto. The…

Legislature narrowly votes to override education funding veto

The increase in funding from Saturday’s veto override will represent a roughly $3 million increase to the KPBSD.

Alaska lawmakers travel to Juneau for special session as governor says they ‘don’t seem to care’

Alaska lawmakers are set to convene in Juneau for a special session Saturday at 10 a.m., after Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked them to create a state agriculture department and adopt a slate of education policies.

Stevens: ‘I just don’t know what’s going to happen’ at special session

Kodiak State Senate President Gary Stevens said Wednesday he has just two priorities going into Saturday’s special legislative session — regaining the legislature’s ability to view and analyze oil tax statements from the governors office, and restoring up to $51…