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The first session of the 34th Alaska State Legislature has ended. I am humbled by the opportunity to go to Juneau and work ...
Any serious effort to stabilize Alaska’s fiscal future must also focus on diversifying our economy and creating new ...
Before adjourning their regular session for the year, Alaska legislators passed 33 bills through both the House and Senate.
Alaska's lone U.S. House member on Thursday joined Republican colleagues voting in favor of an expansive tax and immigration package championed by President Donald Trump. The bill could result in ...
Introduced in the last hours of the 2025 session, the bill would expand the protections granted by the EPA, which barred ...
Alaska’s public schools may see the largest permanent funding boost in well over a decade, after the Alaska Legislature voted for the first time since 2002 to override a sitting governor’s veto. With ...
Lawmakers finished an operating budget and enacted new legal frameworks for childcare, interior design, and big game hunting.
Alaska’s 20 centers were in limbo, facing a $5.5 million shortfall after federal grants were ended or cut, as well as ...
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of the latest education funding bill, House Bill 57, following his recent veto of House Bill 69, ...
After four months, lawmakers have finished their yearly legislative session. They passed dozens of bills and resolutions, a ...
House Bill 16, the campaign finance bill, and Senate Bill 64, the elections reform legislation, are expected to return when ...
The broad agreement between the Alaska House and Senate this session stands in stark contrast to lawmakers’ deepening ...