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For lawmakers, 3 options to tap Fund earnings
If there’s one thing Alaska’s lawmakers agree on, it’s this: No single trick or approach will solve the…
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Mining tax increase gets first hearing in Legislature
The state of Alaska has never changed its mining taxes. To find the last time Alaskan miners had…
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Settlement up for approval in campaign violations case
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Public Offices Commission will consider a settlement in a campaign disclosure violations case involving…
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Alaska judge hears arguments in Medicaid expansion suit
JUNEAU — A state court judge in Anchorage heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit challenging Alaska Gov. Bill…
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Education commissioner feels ‘no animosity’ over being replaced
Michael Hanley, one of the few state commissioners held over from the administration of Gov. Sean Parnell, is…
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Report finds record number of US exonerations in 2015
HOUSTON — The U.S. saw a record number of exonerations in 2015, with nearly 40 percent of the…
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House OKs bill updating military justice code
JUNEAU — The Alaska House on Wednesday passed a bill designed to strengthen the state’s Military Code of…
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Revision to Kodiak law bans camping, lying on sidewalks
KODIAK — Kodiak officials have passed a revision to an ordinance that targets the city’ homeless population. The…
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Federal officials mull Donlin mine’s subsistence impact
BETHEL — Two federal agencies have weighed in on the potential impacts the proposed Donlin Creek mine could…
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Juvenile taken into custody in deaths of 2 outside Wasilla
WASILLA — A juvenile has been taken into custody in the shooting deaths of a 40-year-old woman and…
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Flake, Salmon introduce bill to split 9th Circuit court
PHOENIX — A U.S. senator and U.S. representative from Arizona have introduced legislation to break up the 9th…
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Legislative committee votes to protect Chuck-e-Cheese
Chuck-e-Cheese and Dave & Buster’s need not worry for much longer. The Alaska Legislature is preparing a bill…
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Lawmakers hear resolution to strengthen states’ rights
JUNEAU — A Senate committee heard testimony on Wednesday on an effort to amend the U.S. Constitution and…
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Wrecked tugboat to be lifted from Gastineau Channel by March
The tugboat Challenger, sunken in Gastineau Channel since September, will be lifted from the seafloor within three months,…
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Slow flow, low flow is oil pipeline’s issue
The trans-Alaska Pipeline System is still 100 percent full. The speed of oil flow, not the amount of…
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Correction
Stories on Jan. 29 and Feb. 2 incorrectly identified Walt Monegan as a corrections commissioner under former Gov.…
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President signs executive order demanding seismic safety
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to use earthquake-resistant designs when remodeling…
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Eleven candidates in GOP’s Alaska presidential poll
If Iowa and New Hampshire aren’t enough to shake out the Republican presidential field, Alaska will sit among…
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Troopers use dog to detain 2 men suspected of burglary
FAIRBANKS — Alaska State Troopers used a police dog to arrest two men suspected of burglarizing a Fairbanks…
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PFD compensation bill advances in House
The House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday voted its approval of a bill to restore the Permanent Fund…