After nearly 40 years in Alaska’s state Capitol, Sen. Lyman Hoffman is calling it quits. On Wednesday, the Bethel Democrat ...

I agree with Matt Claman that the Assembly should not put the current Anchorage Sales Tax Proposal on the ballot. The creation of what appears to be a 1% sales tax slush fund for undefined, poorly ...

Sen. Matt Claman, D-Anchorage, speaks Wednesday, April 23, 2025, on the floor of the Alaska Senate. (James Brooks / Alaska Beacon) Interior designers who work on large commercial construction ...

Sen. Matt Claman introduced Senate Bill 231 last legislative session. If passed, some adolescents in locked psychiatric facilities would have better access to family.

Sen. Matt Claman, a Democrat who is set to again chair the Senate Judiciary Committee, prefiled three bills Friday. One of his measures would reform how children are kept in psychiatric hospitals, ...

The existing dock was built in 1966 to replace facilities destroyed by the Good Friday earthquake two years before. Speaking to the state Senate, Claman said the 60-year-old dock is now under ...

A bill introduced by Sen. Matt Claman (D-Anchorage) would provide tax relief for smaller marijuana businesses and bring Alaska’s cannabis taxation policy more in line with other states.

Senate Bill 127, introduced by Sen. Matt Claman, D-Anchorage, was intended to level the playing field by imposing the same 10% tax on Turo that is imposed on traditional rental car companies like ...

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. Of the ...