Sen. Anna MacKinnon has tried for more than four years to make student loans cheaper. That effort will now be decided by voters on Tuesday.If… Continue reading
Dean Westlake was ebullient and seemed a little stunned Wednesday, an hour after learning the Alaska Supreme Court had upheld his August primary-election victory over… Continue reading
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Guidi has given Rep. Benjamin Nageak, D-Barrow, the victory in his House District 40 primary, reversing the result on Election… Continue reading
Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, held a press conference Wednesday in front of an Anchorage Fred Meyer store to announce his intention to offer a bill… Continue reading
The state of Alaska has been awarded $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to process a backlog of rape kits held by the… Continue reading
The election for Alaska House District 40 is now in the hands of Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Guidi.On Monday, lawyers for the state of… Continue reading
Attorneys for Rep. Benjamin Nageak began their campaign in court Tuesday as the Barrow Democrat challenges the results of the August primary election that saw… Continue reading
In the first week of September, 45 years ago, Robert Mottram flew by helicopter to the Chilkat Mountains west of Admiralty Island. It was not… Continue reading
On Monday morning in Centennial Hall, the sound of democracy was the sound of shuffled papers.Half a state away, it was the sound of disturbed… Continue reading
Don Young has represented Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives for the past 43 years. This year, three Democratic challengers are competing for the… Continue reading
A controversial bill passed by the Alaska Legislature will reach its day of decision today.House Bill 156, sponsored by Rep. Wes Keller, R-Wasilla and significantly… Continue reading
Lawmakers have officially ended the fifth special session of the 29th Alaska Legislature.At 11:45 a.m. Monday, Senate President Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, dropped the gavel on… Continue reading
The Alaska House of Representatives has adjourned the fifth special session of the 29th Alaska Legislature.At 2:31 p.m., lawmakers agreed to leave Juneau after five… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature is poised to adjourn its fifth special session without taking any action to address the 49th state’s multibillion-dollar deficit.On Thursday, Alaska Senate… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker organized the signing ceremony for Senate Bill 91, but Kara Nelson and Kris Sell seized the moment.After the speeches, Juneau Police Department… Continue reading
The owners of the controversial downtown Anchorage Legislative Information Office Building have filed a claim seeking $37 million from the state of Alaska.In the claim,… Continue reading
Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board has turned down a proposal to allow the equivalent of a ‘marijuana bar’ in Alaska, but the idea isn’t dead yet.On… Continue reading
It’s over, but not done.At 11:46 a.m. Sunday, the Alaska Senate adjourned the fourth special session of the 29th Alaska Legislature.Forty minutes later, Gov. Bill… Continue reading
The Alaska House Finance Committee has failed to advance the heart of Gov. Bill Walker’s 13-point plan to erase the state’s deficit, leaving the state… Continue reading
Members of the Alaska House Finance Committee continue to express uncertainty and hostility toward a measure that would use money from the earnings of the… Continue reading
