Governor used oil prices as excuse to cut school funding
Gov. Mike Dunleavy used his veto powers last week to take away $50 million in state funding approved by the Legislature for local school districts across Alaska.
He said low oil prices had cut into revenues, and the state could not afford to spend the money.
He used the same oily excuse for his other budget vetoes, including cutting two-thirds of the money legislators had appropriated for major maintenance work at nine schools in Alaska, leaving behind $13 million in funding for just three projects from a list that exceeds $300 million.
Dunleavy, in his seventh year as governor and thankfully...
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