The vote was the second successful veto override after lawmakers convened Saturday for a special session called by Dunleavy.

Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than a third of that.

On Monday, July 28, the governor called for legislators to address what he called “Alaska’s chronic education outcome crisis,” and to reconsider his executive order they had previously voted down, creating a new Alaska Department of Agriculture that he said would strengthen food security in Alaska.

Yuut Elitnaurviat, the vocational center serving the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, is under new leadership after Executive Director Mike Hoffman recently retired. Yuut Elitnaiurviat says it could not be in better hands with his replacement – a household name across the region and the state.

Despite unfinished business in the Alaska Legislature, school districts across the state have reached the deadline to submit the operating budgets that will carry them into 2026. Most of the sprawling districts that serve the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta say they have already planned for the worst.

The withheld grants are aimed at instruction improvements, English language learning, and other areas.

A group of Alaska video game developers brought their craft to Bethel for the community’s first-ever video game development expo last month. They’re hoping to encourage rural residents to try out the blend of science and art.

House Bill 57 would have increased the base public school funding by $700 per student. Lawmakers included several policy reforms in an effort at compromise.

BRHS Principal Alicia Miner thanked all of the more than 50 graduating seniors individually for their contributions in terms of academics, leadership, sports, creativity, compassion, and even comic relief.

It’s not yet clear how widespread the cancellations are across Alaska – or the country more broadly.