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Juneau Rep. Sam Kito III will not run for re-election in 2018
Rep. Sam Kito III ended months of speculation in a Monday interview with the Juneau Empire by declaring…
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Alaska finances better, not good, new report suggests
The State of Alaska will earn more money from oil than previously expected, but it still faces a…
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State officials warn Medicaid money will run out by month’s end
Alaska’s Medicaid health insurance program will run out of money as soon as the end of March, state…
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Alaska House approves stopgap ferry, Medicaid funding bill
The Alaska House of Representatives has passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the Alaska Marine Highway and…
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Local students champion gun-control bill in Legislature
Juneau high school students and dozens of other Alaskans offered two hours of impassioned testimony Wednesday afternoon on…
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University of Alaska president says he is proud and confident yet concerned about system
In his annual “State of the University” address, University of Alaska president Jim Johnsen urged Alaskans to support…
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Gov. Bill Walker appoints former F-22 pilot to vacant Alaska Senate seat
Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday nominated a retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot to fill the Alaska Senate…
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State asks Legislature for $10 million to survey ANWR for oil
The administration of Gov. Bill Walker is asking the Alaska Legislature for permission to spend $10 million on…
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Walker: Permanent Fund should bring jobs to state
In a speech to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, Gov. Bill Walker told the assembled crowd…
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Alaska Legislature considers bills to create electronic hunting, fishing licenses
Each day, in airports across Alaska, thousands of people swipe their cellphones across a scanner and board an…
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Lawmakers could affect value of the Permanent Fund
As lawmakers consider using proceeds from the Alaska Permanent Fund to patch Alaska’s $2.5 billion budget deficit, they…
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Quiet wires: Alaska illegally fails to report its wiretaps to public
The Alaska Department of Law is failing to disclose when it taps the phone of an Alaskans, the…
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Guardedly optimistic, Alaska Legislature starts second regular session
After the Girl Scouts and the Juneau-Douglas High School choir, two senators walked into the chambers of the…
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Juneau legislators ‘worried’ about upcoming session
Juneau’s three-person delegation to the Alaska Legislature told a well-attended town hall meeting Thursday night that they are…
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Alaska’s population falls for the first time in 29 years
Alaska’s population fell for the first time in 29 years as the statewide oil-driven recession continued through 2017,…
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Marijuana board orders Fairbanks manufacturer to close
The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has given the death penalty to one of Alaska’s largest manufacturers of edible…
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A look at the changes in SB54
One week ago, Gov. Bill Walker signed Senate Bill 54 after an extended special session. Crafted by lawmakers…
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Murkowski will vote for GOP tax bill
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, will support the Republican tax reform plan, she announced in a written statement…
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Juneau’s rape kit backlog is ‘one of the worst’ nationwide
Since April, Vanessa Nason has been trying to track rape. More specifically, the researcher and journalist with the…
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Legislators launch secret internal investigation
The Alaska Legislature’s internal Legislative Council is opening an internal investigation, but after a six-hour closed-door meeting, lawmakers…