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Smokefree workplace law takes effect Oct. 1
As of today, workers and customers of Alaska businesses who smoke or vape will have to take it…
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Alaska pauses plan to borrow $1 billion for oil-company payouts
State officials confirmed Tuesday that a billion-dollar bond issue is on hold amid a pending lawsuit by two…
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Analysis: Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signs deficit-slashing budget, but ‘shadow deficit’ remains
On Wednesday in Anchorage, Gov. Bill Walker signed a $10.4 billion state operating budget, a $1.5 billion capital…
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Butler running for House of Representatives
With incumbent Mike Chenault (R-Nikiski) absent from this year’s state Alaska House District 29 race for the first…
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Two candidates so far for House seat
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct the Kenai Peninsula Borough planning group that Shawn Butler…
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Lawmakers approve legislation, funding to test backlog of rape kits
An effort to solve a backlog of untested evidence from rape cases across Alaska received a major boost…
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House struggles could risk Permanent Fund Corp. in long term
As the Alaska Legislature careens toward the end of its 2018 regular session, the head of the Alaska…
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Alaska Senate approves $1,600 PFD
The Alaska Senate has voted to keep this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend at $1,600. With a pair of…
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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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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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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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Analysis: ‘0 percent’ chance Legislature addresses deficit this year
On taxes, the gap between the coalition majority that runs the Alaska House of Representatives and the predominantly…
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Oiling the financial gears
Alaska’s economic dependence on oil and gas extraction is quantified in a report that the McDowell Group, an…
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Legislature averts shutdown, but more work remains
The morning after the Alaska Legislature averted a statewide shutdown, you could find more tourists than legislators in…
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Alaska Legislature averts shutdown with nine days to spare
With nine days to spare, the Alaska Legislature has averted a statewide government shutdown. At 1:04 p.m. Thursday…
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Alaska lawmakers reach deal to avert deficit, but final vote awaits
Alaska lawmakers have agreed upon a plan to avert a statewide government shutdown, but at press time Thursday,…
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House ends special session with failed ‘Hail Mary’ on budget
It was a mic-drop moment on a trampoline. In a surprise Thursday night move, the Alaska House of…
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State shutdown would affect every man, woman and child in Alaska — including the dead
Forget about the ferries. Reschedule your wedding. Don’t think about pull tabs. Alaska’s impending government shutdown will have…