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Alaska House GOP wants to make the Legislature a safe space for U.S. Sen. Sullivan

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan gave his annual address to the Alaska Legislature on Thursday.

Budget and GOP are still roadblocks to increased public school funding

The Alaska House passed House Bill 69, legislation outlining a $1,000 increase to per-student funding known as the base student allocation.

Dunleavy Republicans pitch expanded use of ‘nondeadly force’ in the classroom

The Alaska House kicked off the amendment process on its long-awaited school funding bill, where Dunleavy-aligned Republicans offered more than 100 changes.

Alaska legislators predict dire effects if Congress cuts Medicaid funding

A budget resolution this week puts the U.S. House on track for significant cuts to Medicaid, with big effects in Alaska.

Alaska Senate leaders take aim at oil taxes to cover looming deficit

Despite the growing push for higher public school funding, the state's gloomy financial outlook has cast doubts on just how much is actually possible. That could be changing. The Senate's bipartisan majority rolled out a pair of new revenue...

Signatures can be gathered for 2026 repeal vote on Alaska voting system, lieutenant governor says

Less than four months after Alaska voters rejected a ballot measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system, the state’s lieutenant governor has OK’d a new petition-gathering effort to repeal the system. 

Alaska state workers rally at the Capitol, calling for salary transparency and pension plan

The Alaska State Employees Association filed a lawsuit this week seeking to compel the release of a statewide salary study, which they say is essential to union wages and a stable retirement.

Shocker. Republican who bashed students on social media is skeptical of letting them pre-register to vote

House Bill 21 proposes allowing Alaskans to pre-register to vote once they turn 16.

Dunleavy manipulated salary study so he could keep underpaying workers, lawsuit alleges

The Dunleavy administration has been vague and non-committal about a long-overdue wage study that legislators hoped would shed light on chronic problems of public sector worker shortages and turnover.

Alaska Legislature says Denali should stay Denali

The Alaska Senate today voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling on Trump and the federal government to undo the renaming of the nation’s tallest mountain.

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