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With pregnancy-related deaths on the rise, Legislature passes bill expanding health care coverage for mothers

The hearings on Senate Bill 58 have been, to put it lightly, distressing. The legislation, which passed the Legislature on Wednesday, would extend a full...

House committee gets an earful at hearing on RCV repeal

When far-right Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance introduced her legislation to repeal ranked-choice voting at Tuesday’s meeting of the House State Affairs Committee, she...

Opinion: Can an repeal of ranked-choice voting really sneak through?

With the Legislature entering the final stretch of the 2023 regular legislative session, several bills that have laid dormant for much of session are...

Senate passes new PFD formula, hoping to break through gridlock

The Senate today passed a new formula for the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, setting it at a level that backers say should be sustainable...

Funding for education, child care get bumps as Senate wraps up work on the budget

A bit of last-minute pressure from the Senate Majority's bipartisan membership saw a boost to education funding as the Senate wraps up its work...

Anti-discrimination bill advances over far-right whataboutism

Is the right of a person to rent a room, buy a house or find a hotel room without the fear that their sexual...

Dunleavy pitches statewide sales tax in private meetings with legislators

It appears that Gov. Mike Dunleavy has had a change of heart on the state of the state’s budget and just how involved Alaskans...

House finally passes operating budget after session crosses 90-day mark

The House finally passed the operating budget today, just two weeks after it was first brought to the floor and a day after the...

Senate PFD bill’s even higher target for new revenue and savings gets mixed reception

The Senate Finance Committee’s proposed solution for the interminable debate over the PFD is to cut the payout to what budgeters say would get...

Dunleavy’s ‘parents’ rights’ bill to get second round of public testimony on Thursday

The House Education Committee must not have liked what it heard during the first round of public testimony on Gov. Mike Dunleavy's controversial "parents'...

Internet safety hearing somehow ends with Rep. Allard talking about arresting librarians

The House Judiciary Committee took what seemed like a trip back to the heyday of panic over violent video games and media during a...

Planned Parenthood says access will stay after Dunleavy-backed suit puts abortion pill in limbo

As expected, a conservative Texas judge on Friday delivered a ruling overturning the federal government’s approval of mifepristone, throwing access to the pill commonly...

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