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# Su Valley Voice:  Government Check-in and Education Funding
- URL: https://ktna.org/su-valley-voice-government-check-in-and-education-funding/
- Published: 2025-05-16T04:22:21.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-16T04:22:23.000Z
- Description: The third Thursday of the month is our monthly Government Check-in show. In this episode we heard brief updates from Upper Susitna Valley Community Councils and Borough Mayor DeVries.
- Author: Trisha Costello
- Tags: Su Valley Voice, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 01:28

The third Thursday of the month is our monthly Government Check-in show. In this episode we heard brief updates from Upper Susitna Valley Community Councils and Borough Mayor DeVries. Alaska State Senator Mike Shower and Representative McCabe join by phone to give their own respective updates on work they are doing as the legislative session winds down. In the second half of the show the focus is on education and the way it is funded. We hear an audio clip from Mat Su Borough School Board Member for District 7, Ted Swanson. 

If you have any questions or comments about this episode or suggestions for future shows, email us at dj@ktna.org or give the station a call at 907-733-1700\. 

Still curious? Here are some handy links to connect you to the topics and organizations related to this episode of Su Valley Voice: **Monthly Government Check-in & Education Funding**

**Mat Su Borough Community Councils**

- [Trapper Creek](https://trappercreekcouncil.org/?ref=ktna.org) – meets the third Thursday of the month, 6:30pm
- [Talkeetna](https://trappercreekcouncil.org/?ref=ktna.org) – 1st Monday of the month, 7pm
- [Chase](https://sites.google.com/site/chasecommunitynews/home?ref=ktna.org) – meets quarterly
- [Susitna](https://www.susitnacc.org/?ref=ktna.org) – 1st Thursday of the month, 7pm
- [Willow](https://www.waco-ak.org/?ref=ktna.org) – 1st Wednesday of month, 7pm

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**Alaska Senate District O – Senator Mike Shower** 

907-376-3370

[Senator.Mike.Shower@akleg.gov](mailto:Senator.Mike.Shower@akleg.gov)

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**Alaska House District 30 – Representative Kevin McCabe** 

907-376-2679

[Representative.Kevin.McCabe@akleg.gov](mailto:Representative.Kevin.McCabe@akleg.gov)

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**Mat-Su Borough Mayor Edna DeVries**

907-861-8682 

[Edna.Devries@matsugov.us](mailto:Edna.Devries@matsugov.us) 

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**Mat Su District 7 – Assemblyman Ron Bernier**

907-354-7877

[ron.bernier@matsugov.us](mailto:ron.bernier@matsugov.us) 

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**MSBSD – School Board Member Ted Swanson, District 7**

theodore.swanson@matsuk12.us

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**United States Congressional Switchboard**

202-224-3121

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**Senator Lisa Murkowski** 

907-373-6532

202-224-6665

[email@murkowski.senate.gov](mailto:email@murkowski.senate.gov)

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**Senator Dan Sullivan** 

907-357-9956

202-224-3004

[senator\_sullivan@sullivan.senate.gov](mailto:senator%5Fsullivan@sullivan.senate.gov)

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**Representative Nick Begich**

[Email](https://begich.house.gov/contact/email-me?ref=ktna.org)

907-921-6575

202-225-5765

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