Clik here to view.
Dunleavy issues disaster declaration for Interior Alaska and Mat-Su storms
Gov. Mike Dunleavy discusses his budget proposal at a news conference on Dec. 15, 2021. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared a disaster emergency on Monday for some areas in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Commission votes to increase Alaska legislators’ salaries but lower overall...
The Alaska House of Representatives meets for the first day of the Legislature’s third special session in the Capitol in August 2021. (Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media) Alaska lawmakers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
University of Alaska students sue to protect fund for scholarships, medical...
The University of Alaska Anchorage campus in August 2020. (Tegan Hanlon/Alaska Public Media) Four University of Alaska students are suing the state government in an attempt to maintain a fund that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Omicron wave hit Alaska this week, state health leaders say
A Capstone Clinic Covid-19 swab specialist prepares to swab a traveler inside the security checkpoint at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Jan. 5, 2022. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska legislators seek to change campaign contribution limits, permanent...
The Alaska Capitol on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media) Bills to bring back political campaign contribution limits and change how Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. trustees are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska Legislative Council seeks to fund per diems after Gov. Dunleavy veto
The Alaska State Capitol in Juneau hosts budget negotiations on a rainy day in April. Supporters of the state’s medical education program, WWAMI, want the Legislature to agree to fund the program...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska lawmakers grill Permanent Fund Corp. chair Richards over firing of...
Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board of trustees chair Craig Richards, right, provides testimony to the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee on Monday in the Capitol. Richards talked with committee...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska Legislature to support students’ lawsuit to maintain scholarship fund
The University of Alaska Anchorage sign. (Tegan Hanlon/Alaska Public Media) The Alaska Legislature is supporting the lawsuit by university students against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the session’s first day, Alaska lawmakers talk about working together
Alaska House Speaker Louise Stutes (R-Kodiak), center, listens as Rep. Cathy Tilton (R-Wasilla), left with back to camera, speaks in the House chamber in the Capitol on the first day of the session on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska legislative leaders say passing an on-time budget is a top priority...
The Alaska House of Representatives meets for the first day of the legislative session on Tuesday in the Capitol. Legislative leaders said during the first week that their priorities include passing...
View ArticleDunleavy calls on Legislature to take action on PFD, state land sale and food...
In his fourth State of the State address on Tuesday evening, Gov. Mike Dunleavy called on the Legislature to pass bills to resolve permanent fund dividends, increase Alaskans’ food security and sell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska Legislature rejects plan to increase lawmaker salaries because of cuts...
The Alaska Capitol on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media) The Alaska Legislature has rejected a proposal that would have increased lawmakers’ salaries but reduced the amount they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Legislative committee hires law firm to investigate the firing of Rodell as...
The Legislative Budget & Audit Committee meets shortly before voting to approve hiring a law firm to investigate the firing of Angela Rodell as the executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund...
View ArticleClik here to view.
There’s more money coming in, but some Alaska legislators urge caution on PFD...
The House Finance Committee meets to discuss Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget proposal in the Capitol on Thursday (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media) Alaska’s state government has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska House takes no action against Eastman for Oath Keepers membership
Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, during a House floor session, March 1, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) The Alaska House of Representatives did not take action on Monday on a proposal to punish...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska governor candidate Christopher Kurka chooses Paul Hueper as running mate
Paul Hueper, left, of Homer and candidate for governor Rep. Christopher Kurka, R-Wasilla, on Monday. (Screen capture from Kurka for Governor Facebook page) Wasilla Republican Rep. Christopher Kurka on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska House cancels regular floor session after ‘large portion’ of members...
The Alaska House of Representatives is largely empty during a technical session on Feb. 2, 2022 due to many of its members being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska Senate passes bill to maintain website aimed at spending transparency
Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, pauses during a comment in a Senate Finance Committee meeting at the Capitol in Juneau in March 2020. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a bill Wielechowski sponsored...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska congressional delegation details benefits of federal infrastructure...
Members of the House Labor and Commerce Committee listen to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speak via teleconference on Friday in the Alaska State Capitol. Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Don...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anchorage judge to decide fate of $400 million scholarship fund
The University of Alaska Anchorage campus on Dec. 30, 2021. On Tuesday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman heard oral arguments in a lawsuit by four Alaska university students suing the state...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska Chief Justice Winfree speaks to Legislature about the importance of...
Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Daniel Winfree receives applause from legislators as he gives the annual State of the Judiciary address on Wednesday in the Capitol. (Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State Sen. Gray-Jackson becomes first Democrat in US Senate race
Alaska State Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson walks out of the Division of Elections after filing to run for a U.S. Senate seat on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. Gray-Jackson is entering as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fate of Alaska’s new legislative map hangs in the balance as parties close...
This is a detail of House District 29 in the state legislative map adopted by the Alaska Redistricting Board. It was the subject of much of the closing arguments on the last day of a trial on five...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Colleagues remember former Alaska Chief Justice Stowers for his dedication to...
Alaska Supreme Court Justice Craig Stowers asks a question about language on an election ballot during oral argument in an election recount case in Anchorage on Jan. 4, 2019. Stowers died on Thursday....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judge rules that redrawn Senate districts for East Anchorage and Eagle River...
Juneau residents study map proposals by the Alaska Redistricting Board at an open house event in September. (Lyndsey Brollini/KTOO) A judge has found that the Alaska Redistricting Board violated the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Judge rules against students who sued the State of Alaska over scholarship fund
The University of Alaska Anchorage campus in December. (Lyndsey Brollini/KTOO) An Anchorage Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday against four university students who had sued the State of Alaska to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gov. Dunleavy defends state paying for settlement arising from his actions
Gov. Mike Dunleavy discusses the state of the coronavirus pandemic during a news conference at the Atwood Building in Anchorage on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. On Thursday, Dunleavy said it’s proper for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
As oil prices and inflation rise, Dunleavy pushes for higher PFDs and bonds
Gov. Mike Dunleavy urges the Legislature to pass his PFD and construction bond package bills during a news conference on Thursday in the Capitol. (Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media) Gov....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska Senate considers different proposals to change PFD formula
The Alaska Senate Finance Committee discusses bills that would change the formula for setting permanent fund dividends on on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, in the Capitol. (Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Legislative Council approves plan to spend up to $5.5M to convert Juneau...
The Juneau Community Foundation donated the Assembly Building, pictured here on Dec. 17, 2021, to the Legislature in August 2021. The three-story building is kitty-corner to the Alaska Capitol....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mask and COVID-19 test requirements are dropped for Alaska State Capitol
A masked woman waits in the stairwell of the Capitol in January 2021. On Wednesday, the Legislative Council voted to make masks and COVID-19 optional for lawmakers and others who work in the building....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska lawmaker retaliates after Washington proposes tax on fuel exports
Reps. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, and Kevin McCabe, R-Big Lake, leave the House floor session on June 1, 2021. On Tuesday, McCabe introduced two bills that would raise taxes on Washington-based...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska senators consider bill to protect accounts used for scholarships, ferries
The University of Alaska Southeast campus in Juneau, shown on July 25, 2019 (David Purdy/KTOO) The Senate Finance Committee is weighing a bill that’s aimed at protecting state accounts used to pay for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
House majority proposes $1,300 ‘energy relief checks’ for Alaskans
The Alaska House of Representatives entrance in the Capitol in Juneau in 2015. On Monday, (Skip Gray/360 North) The House majority caucus has proposed a $1,300 payment to Alaskans to provide relief...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gov. Dunleavy directs state to take steps to divest from Russia
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks in a video response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. On Thursday, Dunleavy announced a series of steps to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska House committee drafts budget with $2,500 total for PFD and energy...
Alaska House Finance Committee members review documents during public testimony on the committee’s draft budget on March 4, 2022, in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. Pictured are Reps. DeLena...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska sees a swift drop in the value of its Russian investments and looks to...
Commissioner of the Department of Revenue Lucinda Mahoney talks about the declining value of the state government’s Russian assets as Gov. Mike Dunleavy listens on March 8, 20222, in the Alaska State...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska House bill would start process to rename highway named after convicted...
Knik River Bridge, Glenn Highway (Emily Russell/Alaska Public Media) The Glenn Highway, which connects Anchorage to Glennallen, is named after Edwin Glenn, who oversaw U.S. Army expeditions in Alaska...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Retired public employees and state settle long-running legal dispute over...
The state has sent a variety of information to AlaskaCare members on recent changes to their health care plan. (Casey Kelly/KTOO) Retired public employees and the state government recently settled two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gov. Dunleavy proposes suspending motor fuel taxes through June 2023
Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a news conference in 2021. (Matthew Faubion/Alaska Public Media) Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed suspending the state’s motor fuel taxes until June 2023. Dunleavy joined a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska House debates bringing back limits to campaign donations
Reps. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan; Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage; and Bart LeBon, R-Fairbanks, talk during a break on March 14, 2022, in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. The Alaska House of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dunleavy calls for big dividends as Alaska’s revenue forecast increases by...
Gov. Mike Dunleavy talks about the state government’s updated revenue forecast, which projects an additional $3.6 billion more than the December forecast on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in the Capitol in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lawmakers issue subpoenas in move to make Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation...
Members of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee speak with their lawyer Christopher Slottee (center) on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, about the investigation into the firing of Alaska Permanent Fund...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alaska House committee proposes funding schools a year ahead using money from...
The Alaska House Finance Committee meets to discuss the state’s improved revenue forecast on Wednesday in the Capitol. The committee’s latest version of the budget includes an additional $1.2 billion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State leaders mourn the loss US Rep. Don Young: ‘Alaska’s Alaskan’
U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, speaks at a Native Issues Forum in Juneau, April 5, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) State leaders from across the political spectrum reacted with shock and sadness...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Governor announces official split of Alaska health and social services...
Adam Crum, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, listens as Gov. Mike Dunleavy talks about the division of the agency into two smaller departments on March 21, 2022, in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Special election dates announced to fill Alaska’s sole seat in US House
Gail Fenumiai, Division of Elections director, answers questions during a press conference Tuesday, March 22 about the special election process. (Video capture from Facebook livestream) Alaska’s sole...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Alaska politics recap, from redistricting lawsuits to a Capitol COVID...
A masked woman waits in the stairwell of the Capitol in January 2021. (Rashah McChesney/KTOO) Alaska’s political scene has been busy. TheAlaska Supreme Court ruled on redistricting last week, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Legislators are divided over what to call state payments to Alaskans and the...
Members of the Alaska House Finance Committee discuss the proposed budget on March 16, 2022 in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. (Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media) The Alaska...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Overhaul of Alaska alcohol laws makes progress in Legislature
Tasting room dog Chai inspects a beer at Onsite Brewing in Midtown Anchorage. (Abbey Collins/Alaska Public Media) For more than 10 years, lawmakers have been considering a massive overhaul of Alaska’s...
View Article