The Alaska Senate has voted unanimously to join a conference committee intended to create a compromise state budget for the coming fiscal year.The Senate and… Continue reading
Alaskan Brewing Co. has lost two spots in the annual rankings of craft brewers by volume.According to the Brewers Association, the trade group for craft… Continue reading
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has denied a request by the state of Alaska to investigate a man for sexual misconduct with a minor.Bill Allen,… Continue reading
If it were a game show, it’d be the Lightning Round.On Tuesday, members of the Alaska House of Representatives voted 39-0 to declare irreconcilable differences… Continue reading
Alaska’s lone delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives wrapped up a visit to Juneau on Tuesday, telling an audience at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall that… Continue reading
A state timber bill envisioned as a helping hand for embattled Viking Lumber is advancing toward a final vote.On Monday afternoon, the House Resources Committee… Continue reading
The Alaska House of Representatives has passed a pair of bills that make technical changes to state law pertaining to nurse practitioners and the state… Continue reading
A plan by the Alaska Senate Finance Committee to require local governments to pay more for public pensions has hit a snag.Late Sunday, the committee… Continue reading
Imagine Gold Creek. Compare it to the Taku River.On Saturday, GCI held a party at its store celebrating the arrival of gigabit home Internet in… Continue reading
Calling it a first step to larger reform, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 37-0 to approve House Bill 27 on Friday afternoon.The bill, begun… Continue reading
The Alaska House Resources Committee has approved a small increase in the state’s mining tax, sending the bill to the House Finance Committee for further… Continue reading
In a Friday floor session, the Alaska Senate passed bills addressing contractor ethics, real estate brokers and a shooting range on the Kenai Peninsula. All… Continue reading
The Alaska Judicial Council has recommended four finalists for the vacancy on the Alaska Supreme Court. The selection was announced Friday and leaves 45 days… Continue reading
Speaking to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott recalled a time when he was homesick.Attending college in Washington state, he couldn’t exactly… Continue reading
A proposed Alaska Constitutional amendment that failed to pass the 28th Alaska Legislature by accident is advancing toward a final vote in the 29th Legislature.Senate… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has voted 15-5 to approve a bill banning smoking in most public buildings across Alaska.Senate Bill 1, brought forward by Sen. Peter… Continue reading
If the Alaska Legislature holds a special session this year, the Alaska Senate wants it to take place away from Juneau.In a 13-7 vote Wednesday,… Continue reading
At the end of Tuesday afternoon’s Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Anchorage, was envisioning a bridge.Constructed of four interlocking pieces of legislation, the bridge… Continue reading
Four weeks after Alaska’s Republican Presidential Preference Poll, Marco Rubio has returned to the race.In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Senator from Florida has asked… Continue reading
Fiscal cost-cutters in the Alaska Senate have turned their attention on the state’s Public Employees Retirement and Teachers Retirement systems as they seek to level… Continue reading
