Gov. Bill Walker called the Alaska Legislature into its fourth special session of the year and put taxes and criminal justice on the agenda. While… Continue reading
Unless legislators act, the state of Alaska will run out of money sometime in late 2018 or early 2019. In a pair of presentations Tuesday… Continue reading
On taxes, the gap between the coalition majority that runs the Alaska House of Representatives and the predominantly Republican Senate Majority can literally be measured… Continue reading
To help solve Alaska’s multibillion-dollar annual deficit, Gov. Bill Walker is calling for a 1.5 percent payroll tax on everyone working in Alaska. The proposal,… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature will try to find a new hope in the fourth special session of the year. On Thursday morning, lawmakers were informed by… Continue reading
Alaska is betting on tourism. Facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, declining revenue and a public generally opposed to new taxes, the state has cut back on… Continue reading
Alaska’s legal marijuana market is going through a summer boom, with a record 547 pounds of cannabis flower sold by growers in June, according to… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker signed Alaska’s capital construction budget without ceremony or vetoes Monday in the Capitol, fulfilling a promise to approve it before Aug. 1.… Continue reading
In a one-day special session Thursday, the Alaska Legislature passed a $1.4 billion capital construction budget, then adjourned without taking action on Alaska’s larger fiscal… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker killed Juneau Access. The Alaska Legislature will bury it. The 30th Legislature starts its third special session of the year today, and… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature is coming back to Juneau. Don’t expect lawmakers to stay long. On July 27, the Legislature will convene what is expected to… Continue reading
A deal to cut the state subsidy of oil and gas drilling appears to be mortally wounded if not already dead. In a bizarre hearing… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has signed a shutdown-averting $8.8 billion state operating budget into law. Walker signed the budget on Friday, one day before the start… Continue reading
The morning after the Alaska Legislature averted a statewide shutdown, you could find more tourists than legislators in the Capitol. Though the Legislature’s second special… Continue reading
All three of Juneau’s delegates to the Alaska Legislature voted in favor of the deal to avert the statewide shutdown. Here’s what they had to… Continue reading
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
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
