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PFD on the chopping block
Lawmaker after lawmaker said the Senate does not relish the idea of touching what has long been a…
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Up for sale, state ferry Taku isn’t a buyer’s delight
The difference between dreams and reality is about $1.5 million. On Friday, the Alaska Marine Highway listed the…
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Families of slain firefighters, police will benefit from a new bill passed by the House
The families of police and firefighters killed in the line of duty will be able to keep their…
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Alaska Senate considers cutting the PFD in half
The full Alaska Senate will on Monday consider a proposal to erase much of Alaska’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit.…
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Legislative parents name their ‘babies’ Tazlina and Hubbard
Their official christening is months away, but the parents have given their blessing on a name. On Friday,…
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State budget fight moves to House floor
Rep. Dan Saddler, R-Eagle River, called it a “reconnaissance by fire.” If so, it ran into some thick…
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Driller announces huge new oil find on the North Slope
A huge new oil find on the North Slope could send as much as 120,000 new barrels of…
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Senate’s budget fix highlights list of Legislature’s new bills
Lawmakers last week put what are likely the last big pieces of this year’s budget fix on their…
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State’s new alcohol and marijuana regulator has Anchorage roots
Erika McConnell is an Anchorage resident who wears glasses and a toothy smile. She enjoys reading, the outdoors…
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Legislature officially asks to drill Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Alaska House’s representative for the North Slope welcomed U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan to the Capitol with a…
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In speech, Sullivan focuses on jobs but neglects Trump, immigration, health care
In 31 minutes, Sen. Dan Sullivan’s annual address to the Alaska Legislature contained no mentions of the Affordable…
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Senate Majority unveils plan including spending cap, big cuts and Permanent Fund spending to fix the budget
The leaders of the Alaska Senate have unveiled a proposal to fill Alaska’s $2.7 billion budget gap with…
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UA settles federal investigation into its handling of sexual assaults
In 2013, a University of Alaska student was found in a dorm. She was drunk, unconscious and wrapped…
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Senate passes ANWR drilling resolution, which faces final concurrence vote in the House
The Alaska Senate agrees with the House: Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is good for the…
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In speech to Legislature, Murkowski tries to answer Alaskans’ fears
In her annual address to the Alaska Legislature, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said she does not support…
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Infographic: Balancing Alaska’s budget
A visual look at balancing Alaska’s budget. Click below to enlarge infographic.
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Fuel tax hike might be stretched to 2019
A proposed hike in the state’s gasoline taxes might not reach full potential until 2019, according to a…
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Alaska House votes on National Guard, ballot selfies
The Alaska House of Representatives has approved a bill that would allow National Guardsmen to return to their…
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Waste not: Ferries’ flushing bill wins Senate support, 16-2
The Alaska Senate voted 16-2 Friday to cut a break in the state’s environmental regulations for small cruise…
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Aimed at PACs, lawmaker’s bill may hit political rival
Anchorage Republican Sen. Kevin Meyer has a nightmare. It involves credit card machines. “What we don’t want is…