By Lauren Maxwell, Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
Three Trump Cabinet members began a tour at a key point of operations at a prolific oil field near the Arctic Ocean in Alaska on Monday, part of a multiday trip aimed at highlighting President Donald Trump’s push to expand oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state.
With a new $250-$500 million training center set to break ground on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in July, Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan said he expects the “state-of-the-art” facility will increase the Air Force’s training capabilities.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski hosted a luncheon in Fairbanks to speak with constituents about the work being done in Washington D.C. and hear about their needs and concerns.
The Alaska Legislature adjourned its regular session on Tuesday without finishing work on a major elections bill or a bill reimposing limits on cash donations to election candidates.
The Alaska Legislature adjourned its regular session on Tuesday, one day earlier than expected, after passing a “maintenance level” state budget that contains a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend. Legislators do not expect a special session this year.
The Alaska Legislature on Wednesday approved almost all of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s appointments to state boards and commissions during an annual joint session of the state House and Senate, according to James Brooks with the Alaska Beacon.
The Alaska House of Representatives, following in the path of the state Senate, has approved a small construction and renovation budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1, according to James Brooks with the Alaska Beacon.
House Bill 53 will now go to a conference committee to combine the Senate and House versions before it can be forwarded to the governor for consideration.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, met with more than 50 superintendents of school districts from around the state Thursday, telling them he will veto an education bill and reduce school funding unless policies his administration proposed are approved, according to his office.
While supporters have touted potential benefits of the passage of SB15, allowing 18- to 20-year-olds to serve alcohol, Lavelle’s Bistro owner Robin Zimmerman said he has no plans to hire any young restaurant workers despite the bill becoming law.
The Trump administration is ending National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration services that monitor arctic sea ice and snow cover, leading climate scientists said on Tuesday.
A highly-debated tax bill focused on digital businesses in Alaska — upon which a portion of education funding grants also hinges — passed the House in a 26-14 vote on Wednesday.
If the permanent increase to the BSA becomes law, the district’s obligation regarding charter school funding increases as well, to the tune of around $500,000.
Both chambers of the Alaska Legislature approved a resolution stating its support for Canadian independence and opposing “restrictive trade measures or tolls” that would affect commerce between Alaska and Canada.
A new piece of proposed legislation now up for consideration by state lawmakers seeks to set future Permanent Fund dividend checks at $1,000, with income being a new qualifying factor.
Amid a severe state budget deficit, the Alaska Senate Finance Committee is proposing the lowest Permanent Fund dividend in five years and — if adjusted for inflation — the lowest dividend ever.
The decision on whether or not to raise the Base Student Allocation is now in the hands of Gov. Mike Dunleavy after a concurrence vote in the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Nine days after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a significant increase to the state’s K-12 public school funding formula, the Alaska Senate has approved a compromise education bill that includes a smaller increase.
The federal government reversed its decision to revoke the visas of some international students, after dozens of lawsuits were filed across the country.
With school funding still uncertain, and less than a month to go in the Alaska legislative session, the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday advanced a reworked bill that would increase the base of the state’s funding formula by $700 per student.
One day after the Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of House Bill 69 — which would’ve boosted the annual per-student funding amount by $1,000 — a meeting during which representatives from the state’s largest school districts were meant to testify to state lawmakers was canceled.
A jury concluded Tuesday that The New York Times did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for an error in a 2017 editorial that she says damaged her reputation.
Some Alaskans are raising the alarm about a controversial bill moving through Congress. If passed, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, better known as the “SAVE Act," would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
As lawmakers debate whether or not to use to draw on the Constitutional Budget Reserve for the purpose of covering a portion of the state’s budget deficit this year, you might be wondering exactly what the CBR is, how it works, and what it can do for Alaskans.
As leaders from a newly formed group of dozens of central and southeast Alaska dads speak out against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s education funding veto last week, some supporters of the veto say it was a necessary step toward improving students’ education.
Education staff, school board members, and parents of students from Fairbanks to Anchorage are reacting to the governor's veto announced Thursday morning to an education bill that would provide a sizeable boost to the state's per-student funding formula.
The Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a $6.2 billion draft state operating budget, putting Alaska on track for a significant deficit in the fiscal year that begins July 1.
For the first time in more than 25 years, the Alaska House of Representatives has voted against budget language that seeks to limit Medicaid coverage for abortions.
As Alaska legislators confront a major state budget deficit, the state Senate on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve a “bare bones” $162 million capital budget to pay for construction and renovation projects across the state.
If an 800-mile Alaska liquefied natural gas pipeline is ever built, the sponsor of a bill that would require building an extra spur line supporters say will help lower Interior energy bills, also say some funding questions are still being worked out.
