Reality Check: Education funding

Who says the state Senate can’t come together and find fiscal solutions? Last Friday, the Senate on a 19 to 1 vote approved what amounts to a raffle to help fund education.
Like the Pick, Click, Give program, you could buy a $100 raffle ticket by checking it off your PFD application, and you could gamble with your entire dividend if you want.
The office of Senator Click Bishop, the Fairbanks lawmaker who sponsored the bill, estimates that if just half of us cough up the $100 for the r