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‘We’re trying.’ Legislators warn AKLNG project may be too large a lift for session’s final days

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton -
On Monday, the Alaska Legislature appointed the conference committee on the operating budget, kicking off the 24-hour period that allows meetings to be noticed a day in advance and starting the final mad dash to adjournment on May 20.
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Amid shifting enrollment, House OKs bill to smooth funding roller coaster

Education Matt Acuña Buxton -
There are many factors contributing to Alaska’s chronically tight public school district budgets, but one of the big ones is an exodus of students.
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AIDEA to spend $190 million on ANWR with no public review or public hearing

Oil & Gas Dermot Cole -
The rubber-stamp board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is likely to vote Wednesday to approve a $190 million ANWR spending plan.
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Six months after Halong, typhoon survivors tell senators Alaska villages need more than disaster aid

Environment Alaska Beacon -
Hearings on Kipnuk and Kwigillingok exposed FEMA delays, relocation gaps and growing calls for a federal climate migration framework
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Tech vendor sponsored revenue chief Adam Crum’s nonprofit, then he awarded $90M+ in state contracts

Economy Victoria Petersen -
A free glacier cruise for state treasurers preceded public contracts to firms tied to a data infrastructure investor building the most ambitious natural gas plant in the world
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[Insert Art], Ketchikan’s own art collective

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
It all started back in 2017 across the country in Burlington, VT, at an empty-walled apartment on Hungerford Terrace.
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Alaska lawmakers raise concerns with Dunleavy’s attorney general pick ahead of confirmation vote

News Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon -
Stephen Cox defended controversial legal positions in his first eight months in office, as some lawmakers questioned if they are contrary to Alaska law and Alaskans’ interests.
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Two Southeast Alaska Republicans just made sure Dunleavy’s election bill veto stands

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Legislature was poised to override another one of Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes this morning.
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Like-minded candidates for Alaska’s governor meet in pro-Medicaid forum

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The five candidates most likely to be on the short list of progressive and moderate voters in the 2026 race for Alaska’s next governor shared a stage this week for a forum with a decidedly progressive message.
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Alaska Gov. Dunleavy vetoes election bill amid pressure campaign driven by GOP anxiety over rural voters

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy today vetoed the bipartisan elections bill legislators approved in March amid an intense conservative pressure campaign driven by fear that it would empower Alaska Native voters.
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