Governor Schedules Special Session on Education Reform, Department of Agriculture

Governor schedules special session on education reform, Department of Agriculture

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has issued a proclamation for a 30-day special session to begin Saturday, Aug. 2 at 10 a.m. in Juneau.

Breaking: Governor calls special session for August

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has called a special session to take place in August with the topics of addressing education funding and his executive order to create a Department of Agriculture. The timing is interesting: It comes the same week that many legislators are scheduled to head to Boston for the National  Conference of State Legislatures, […] The post Breaking: Governor calls special session for August appeared first on Must Read Alaska.

Gov. Dunleavy forces early vote on education veto override with special session in August

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a proclamation for a special session on Wednesday, calling Legislators back to Juneau in August to pass legislation on education reform and his executive order creating a new Department of Agriculture. The special session also means that lawmakers cannot wait until January to vote on overrides to the governor’s budget vetoes and his vetoes on several policy bills....

Gov. Dunleavy calls special session on education, new ag department

Governor Mike Dunleavy has called a 30-day special session starting August 2 to address education reform and his executive order creating a new Alaska Department of Agriculture.

Dunleavy calls special session while legislator is on deployment in bid to skirt veto overrides - The Alaska Current

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy today called a special session that will start at the beginning of August, ostensibly to push for policies that legislators have already rejected, but which will have the very real effect of helping his unpopular vetoes stand. The creation of the Department of Agriculture and “education reform” are the two items officially on the special session call, set for August 2 in Juneau. However, the Alaska Constitution also req…