Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday called a special session of the Alaska Legislature, limited to his own proposals for ...

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday called for a special session to begin in Juneau next month on the topic of enacting education reforms and creating a new agriculture department. The one-month ...

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On Twitter, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he plans to issue a disaster declaration. "I have authorized Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe from the Department of Military & Veteran Affairs to declare a ...

Alaska’s governor has declared a state of emergency over flooding that washed out a section of the Dalton Highway, the sole ...

Dunleavy, a Republican, has made a habit of vetoing bipartisan legislation spanning a wide array of issues after lawmakers ...

Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Jared Noll, center, is honored during Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State of the State speech on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at the Alaska State Capitol.

The most prominent supporter of Gov. Dunleavy's proposal to create a state agriculture department, Sen. Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives on ...

JUNEAU — In a move that lawmakers celebrated as “historic,” the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday voted to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $180 million increase to the state‘s $1.2 ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivers his State of the State speech at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, with Senate President Gary Stevens, at left, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, at ...