With nine days to spare, the Alaska Legislature has averted a statewide government shutdown. At 1:04 p.m. Thursday afternoon, a joint House-Senate conference committee approved… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature is close to a deal to avert a statewide government shutdown, legislative leaders say, and an agreement could come as quickly as… Continue reading
The legislative committee trying to avert an Alaska government shutdown has agreed on a deal to fund the Alaska Marine Highway, but its solution sets… Continue reading
After its first special session ended in failure, the Alaska Legislature is still searching for a way to avert a July 1 statewide government shutdown.… Continue reading
Now that Gov. Bill Walker has deemed the Juneau Road dead, lawmakers are trying to carve up the carcass. On Wednesday evening, the Alaska House… Continue reading
Lyft and Uber have left the starting line. In a brief ceremony Thursday afternoon, Gov. Bill Walker signed legislation allowing ride-sharing “transportation network companies” to… Continue reading
It was a mic-drop moment on a trampoline. In a surprise Thursday night move, the Alaska House of Representatives attempted to avert a statewide government… Continue reading
The Alaska House of Representatives has voted to approve a $2,200 Permanent Fund Dividend for this fall, a sign that it is abandoning a long-term… Continue reading
The Alaska House of Representatives hasn’t given up on the idea of a trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline. On Sunday, members of the House’s finance committee… Continue reading
The chants were audible for blocks around: “Do your jobs!/So I can do mine!” The trouble was that there weren’t many people to hear them.… Continue reading
Forget about the ferries. Reschedule your wedding. Don’t think about pull tabs. Alaska’s impending government shutdown will have a tsunami of effects across the state,… Continue reading
There are more signs that the hook has been set for Alaska’s biggest fisheries fight in a decade. As members of the North Pacific Fisheries… Continue reading
A day after the Alaska House Majority rejected his compromise bid to avert a statewide government shutdown, Gov. Bill Walker said he still hopes that… Continue reading
The state’s labor unions are planning rallies across Alaska on Sunday in an effort to avoid a statewide government shutdown. The “Keep Alaska Open For… Continue reading
In a bid to avoid a state-spanning government shutdown, Gov. Bill Walker on Monday proposed a compromise to bring the Alaska Senate and Alaska House… Continue reading
Calling the Alaska Legislature’s current situation a “stalemate,” Gov. Bill Walker has announced that he will make a bid to avert a pending shutdown of… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate voted Thursday to restrict the ability of doctors to prescribe opioid painkillers. House Bill 159, proposed by Gov. Bill Walker, is part… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate is preparing to take a final vote on a plan from Gov. Bill Walker to fight a wave of opioid addiction in… Continue reading
The letters came off the printer on Tuesday afternoon with the regularity of a ticking clock. There is now one month remaining before Alaska’s state… Continue reading
Alaska’s prosecutors, police and rape victims are getting some extra help from the Alaska Legislature. In one of its final actions of the regular session,… Continue reading
