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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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