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House OKs bill changing financial foundations of state revenue sharing
The Alaska House of Representatives has approved a bill that provides a way to fund a revised state…
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Crime bill advances to the House floor
House lawmakers are expected to hear one of the biggest changes to Alaska’s criminal justice system since statehood,…
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Before move on budget, Legislature moves itself
The Alaska Legislature is moving slowly to address the state’s $4 billion annual deficit, but it will move…
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Board advances in-store pot use
The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has voted unanimously to ask the public to comment on draft regulations allowing…
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Walker wants deficit fixed by 2019
Even as members of the Alaska Legislature promote a slow-and-steady approach to fixing Alaska’s $4 billion annual deficit,…
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Latest drilling subsidy reform proposes replacing credits by 2020
The latest version of a measure to reform state subsidies for oil and gas drilling calls for replacing…
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Juneau legislators oppose freezing state workers’ pay
The Alaska House Finance Committee has approved a bill that would eliminate most state employees’ merit raises until…
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Lawmakers likely to stay in Juneau as session continues
The Alaska Legislature is being evicted. By May 1, renovations to the Alaska Capitol will force lawmakers to…
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Infographic: The winter that wasn’t
Theoretically, Juneau could still get snow. After all, it snowed in May 1945. That won’t happen this year.…
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Cost-cutters turn attention to state salaries
Cost-cutting legislators in the Alaska House of Representatives are advancing with a proposal to eliminate automatic salary increases…
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Murkowski’s big energy bill passes Senate
The U.S. Senate has approved a sweeping energy reform bill that was the biggest effort of Sen. Lisa…
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Senate approves more hurdles for school sex ed instruction, but House balks
The Alaska Senate has approved a version of House Bill 156 amended to require sex education teachers to…
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Sunday Recap: Highlights of the 90th Legislative day
Lawmakers didn’t approve any of the biggest items considered necessary for filling the state’s $4.1 billion budget deficit,…
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Judge tosses Alaska Democrats’ lawsuit
A Juneau Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Alaska Democratic Party against the state…
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Legislature will keep working after 90th day
It lay discarded on the Capitol’s second-floor carpet, a fortune cookie slip with a simple message: “Now is…
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Muñoz gets three bills through Legislature
On the final day of the second session of the 29th Alaska Legislature, Juneau Republican Rep. Cathy Muñoz…
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Senate approves more hurdles for school sex ed instruction, but House balks
The Alaska Senate has approved a version of House Bill 156 amended to require sex education teachers to…
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Bill would allow state to implement federal ID system
Alongside the many bills passed by the Alaska Legislature on its last regular day, there was one new…
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Saturday recap: Lawmakers approve sharing of voter information
The Alaska House has approved a bill calling for the state to share voter information with other states…
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Governor: Expect extra time in Legislature
The second session of the 29th Alaska Legislature reaches its 90th day today, but don’t expect lawmakers to…