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Dunleavy admin noncommittal about overdue wage study, even as governor and top officials are set for automatic pay raises

As the governor, legislators and other top political appointees are set to get automatic cost-of-living adjustments, Dunleavy administration officials were vague and non-committal about when legislators and the public will get to see the results of a long-delayed million-dollar...

Alaska campaign regulators slap anti-open primary groups with another round of hefty fines

The sprawling campaign behind the failed voter initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting system has continued to lie to the public about how it was funded.

DOC under-resourced as a mental and behavioral health provider

When we think about mental health care across our state, our first thoughts might go toward the few psychiatric institutes, not DOC.

Dunleavy takes aim at the First Amendment with anti-protest bill

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday reintroduced legislation aimed at curbing public protests.

Alaska House passes clean resolution opposing Denali name change, rejecting GOP attempts to soften message

In its first vote of the legislative session, the Alaska House approved a resolution opposing President Donald Trump’s renaming of Denali but not before far-right Republicans attempted to blunt the message.

Legislature set to hear resolutions opposing Trump’s Denali name change

A pair of resolutions registering the Alaska Legislature’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Denali is set to be heard on Monday.

Dunleavy’s election reform bill would restrict early and mail-in voting

The roughly two-week timeline for determining the outcome of razor-thin races is nothing new in Alaska elections, but several close, high-profile races in recent years are pushing politicians in Juneau toward significant election reform during this legislative session. 

‘Our schools have fallen behind.’ Alaska Legislature’s majorities open session with call to fund schools

The Alaska Legislature gaveled on Monday, marking the start of the 34th Legislature that will serve the next two years.

The start of the new Alaska Legislature marks a session of hope in 2025

Over the past month, I’ve written stories that explore how Alaska’s multipartisan coalitions in both chambers of the state legislature might mesh with Donald Trump’s simultaneous return to the White House.

Independent Ky Holland brings entrepreneurial spirit to Juneau 

With his fingerprints on more than 70 start-ups in Alaska, incoming Anchorage Rep. Ky Holland boasts many years of developing and promoting new businesses in the 49th state.

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