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Dunleavy calls for a $1.8B draw from savings in final budget draft →

Gov. Mike Dunleavy released the final budget draft of his eight-year tenure, calling for lawmakers to spend more than $1.8 billion from savings to cover the costs of services and infrastructure in the current and coming fiscal years. His plan also calls for paying out $3,650 for every eligible dividend recipient, at a total cost of $2.3 billion — double what the state spends on public safety, prisons and courts combined.

‘We have failed’: Murkowski, Sullivan call for compromise after Democratic proposal to extend health care subsidies stalls →

Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan were among four Republicans who joined the chamber’s Democrats to vote in favor of a measure that would have extended health insurance subsidies used by millions of Americans, including thousands in Alaska.

Lawsuit seeks to stop ConocoPhillips’ big winter oil exploration plans in Alaska →

Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic and other groups argue in the lawsuit that approval was done illegally, without conducting proper analysis to protect the tundra and wildlife such as caribou that families hunt for food.

Congress reauthorizes program that sends money to schools near national forests →

The program, called Secure Rural Schools, was created more than two decades ago as logging-dependent communities saw a decline in revenue.

State considers more flexibility in air travel to McNeil bear sanctuary →

Only floatplanes are allowed to ferry permitted visitors to enter one of the world’s premier destinations for bear viewing.

In other political news

Trump signs executive order to block states from passing their own AI regulations →

House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein’s estate →

Indiana Republicans defy Trump, rejecting congressional map that would have favored their party →

Homeland Security Secretary Noem defends Trump’s hard-line immigration policies before congressional committee →

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