Here’s where Alaska’s governor candidates stand on the state’s growing child care problem Via AlaskaBeacon
. Those were not reversed. He did not veto pre-kindergarten funding this year, though Gara has incorrectly stated at times that he did.Independent candidate Bill Walker was governor from 2014 to 2018 and lost his re-election to Dunleavy in 2018. He’s now seeking another term.
“We need more child care workers. They need to be paid a living wage, you need to make sure that they have some sort of retirement system somehow,” Walker said during a Sept. 21 debate hosted by the Alaska Chamber of Commerce in Fairbanks.
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