Tag Archives: State of Alaska

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed the state’s operating budget which goes into effect on July 1.  The governor made 182 line item vetoes. To help you sort through it, here’s a number of links as well a recording of the governor’s half-hour press conference announcing the cuts.   Recording of KMXT’s broadcast of governor’s press conferences: This program was made …

Alaska Aerospace Corporation launch facility on Narrow Cape. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Aerospace Corporation) Daysha Eaton/KMXT The Alaska Aerospace Corporation launched a subsidiary, Aurora Launch Services, which will focus on providing support for customers to launch vehicles with smaller satellite payloads into orbit. And, it will also be cheaper, says Craig Campbell, President and CEO of AAC, because they won’t …

Jay Barrett/KMXT In the current Alaska capital budget, the one passed by the State Senate over the weekend, there are over $21-million in projects for House District 32, which includes Kodiak, Cordova and Seldovia. However, every one of those 21,100,000 dollars are being passed-through from the federal government. Not a penny of state money is included for the three projects …

Hannah Colton/KDLG Alaska interim education commissioner Susan McCauley is one of four finalists for the commissioner position, as is the superintendent of Kodiak Schools, Stewart McDonald. In a press release Wednesday, the State Board of Education named McCauley along with three other superintendents from around the state as candidates for the state’s top education post. In addition to McDonald, they …