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A Tustumena Elementary School student advocates for his school before the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education during their regular meeting on Monday, March 2, 2026, in Soldotna, Alaska. Screenshot.

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School board weighs budget reduction options

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education will review the budget again in April with the…

Legislative fiscal analysts Alexei Painter, right, and Conor Bell explain the state’s financial outlook during the next decade to the Senate Finance Committee on Friday. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Legislators eye oil and sales taxes due to fiscal woes

Bills to collect more from North Slope producers, enact new sales taxes get hearings next week.

The Alaska State Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Lawmakers get gloomy budget forecast

State can’t keep spending like it is, analysts say.

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Legislators, Assembly look forward at school funding

The school district is on a mission to make sure that the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and Alaska…

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Soldotna passes budget, mill rate; talks capital projects

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Mayor Pete Sprague’s name. The Soldotna…

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Kenai passes $26 million budget

The Kenai City Council passed its $26.49 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2018 — to begin…

This line graph shows the changes in the Kenai Peninsula Borough property tax rate in five-year intervals since 1970 using information from a budget handout distributed during the Borough Assembly’s Tuesday, June 6, 2017 meeting.

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Assembly passes budget with minor adjustments, shoots down tax measures

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that the $49.7 million funding amount proposed for the…

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Items to watch for in the borough budget discussions

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has some decisions to make this week that boil down to a debate…