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Anchorage school administrators warned in a letter to state legislators that the school district could eliminate hundreds of positions, unless the Legislature overrides the governor’s $87.5 ...
It’s the latest development in a dispute between the Legislature and Dunleavy administration over whether the state is ...
House Speaker Bryce Edgmon and Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel say the 'one big beautiful bill' approaching a Senate ...
The Legislature's special session is coming to Anchorage today, but House Democrats say it's a ploy and are mostly boycotting the daylong hearing.
Members of the Alaska Legislature questioned the direction of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. on Monday in a hearing of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, the committee’s first since ...
After a veto threat from Gov. Bill Walker, lawmakers have changed their plans for a new office building in Anchorage. On Monday evening, members of the joint House-Senate Legislative Council voted ...
An Anchorage group is striving to let voters decide whether the Alaska Legislature should meet in Anchorage rather than Juneau. “All regular and special meetings of the Alaska Legislature shall ...
Senate Bill 183 would have increased the powers of the Legislature’s auditor to get around a block imposed by the governor’s office.
The Alaska State Legislature has launched a joint bipartisan task force to focus on education funding over the next 18 months ...
The legislators on the receiving end of the attacks include Cronk and Coulombe, along with Kotzebue independent Rep. Thomas Baker and Anchorage Republican Rep. Craig Johnson.
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Opinion EDITORIAL: Why won't legislators act on a tool to ease Alaska's nurse shortage? Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Sat, April 13, 2024, 3:01 PM PDT 3 min read ...
Here in Alaska, many are upset, even outraged, after learning the President's "Big Beautiful Bill" cleared the House.