Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) could have chosen to shrink the bill’s debt-ceiling increase to sway Rand Paul (R. Ky.), or adjust the Medicaid provisions to woo Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C ...

Alaska lawmakers began a special session Thursday after failing to reach agreement on a state spending package during their four-month regular session.

The fate of Alaska’s smaller public radio stations is in doubt after Congress passed a bill to defund the Corporation for ...

JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate advanced the $3.9 billion capital budget, which has an emphasis on school maintenance and housing, to the House on Friday. The capital budget is used to fund ...

JUNEAU -- The Alaska Senate’s 13 Republicans have ended a two-month leadership dispute and confirmed their control of the Senate as the 32nd Alaska State Legislature opened on Tuesday in Juneau ...

Politicians in Alaska have a long history of working across party lines. ... Today, a bipartisan centrist coalition representing 85% of the Alaska Senate controls the upper chamber.

Just after midnight, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was pacing in a Senate hallway, alone and looking concerned. It had suddenly become clear to all her Republican colleagues that her vote would be their ...

Two Republican senators voted no in the early hours of July 17. The legislation returns to the House for approval ahead of a ...