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Alaska Legislature’s last call is for more cocktails
At last call, the Alaska Legislature saved a cocktail for you. In the final hours of the 30th…
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Alaska hospitals, nursing homes face budget gap in Legislature’s bill
Alaska’s Medicaid program may run out of money as soon as the second week of June, leaving doctors,…
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Alaska lawmakers near deal to finish budget, may adjourn session soon
House and Senate negotiators reached a breakthrough compromise on the state’s operating budget Thursday, approving a $10.5 billion…
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Alaska Legislature passes landmark bill spending Permanent Fund
In a pair of landmark votes Tuesday, the Alaska Legislature agreed to harness the Alaska Permanent Fund to…
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Alaska Senate approves work-for-Medicaid program
In a caucus-line vote Thursday, the Alaska Senate approved a bill that would require healthy Alaskans to work…
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House votes to borrow $1 billion for oil and gas deal
In a 23-15 vote Thursday afternoon, the Alaska House of Representatives approved a plan to borrow a billion…
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Bar owners push for restrictions on distilleries, breweries
In Alaska’s bar wars, the establishment has struck back. On Wednesday evening, bar and liquor store owners launched…
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Alaska Senate considers ways to limit Medicaid access
As the Alaska Senate considers new regulations for Alaskans receiving government-funded health care, state officials are warning that…
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Alaska’s high court hears dispute over salmon ballot measure
The Alaska Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case that will decide the fate of a…
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Native corporation to work for the Navy at Guantanamo Bay
ANCHORAGE — An Alaska Native corporation will soon provide support services for the U.S. Navy in Guantanamo Bay,…
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Survey: Alaskans slightly more pessimistic about economy
Alaskans are slightly less confident about the state of the economy, according to the results of a new…
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Outgoing Juneau lawmaker’s idea to cut lawmakers’ pay swiftly rejected
Members of the Alaska Legislature rejected a proposed pay cut late Monday, saying they didn’t have time to…
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Alaska unemployment stays flat in March
Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was flat in March, according to new figures from the Alaska Department of…
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Standalone education budget confirmed
Alaska lawmakers confirmed the state’s $1.2 billion education budget in a brief meeting of the House-Senate budget conference…
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E. Coli outbreak, believed to be from contaminated lettuce, sickens eight in Nome
At least eight people have been sickened at Nome’s Anvil Mountain Correctional Center by an outbreak of E.Coli…
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Southcentral Alaskans plead for SB 91 rollback, Juneau testifiers urge otherwise
Southcentral Alaskans offered passionate testimony in support of a rollback of criminal justice reforms, but despite outcry from…
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Oil, gas drilling in pristine Alaska refuge takes step ahead
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving forward on oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife…
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Debt doubt: Legal argument may threaten state’s ability to borrow money
It’s a situation like a homeowner who opens a wall during renovations and unexpectedly finds termites. A legal…
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Legislature approves flat schools budget, but no increases may force cuts
The Alaska Legislature on Wednesday approved a $1.2 billion budget for public schools in the next fiscal year.…
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House, Senate negotiators take first steps toward budget compromise
The Alaska Legislature took its first tentative steps toward a budget compromise as conferees from the House and…