Voting rights advocates in Alaska are worried that a case set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court could end a long-standing ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday introduced a bill in the state Legislature that would eliminate property taxes for the Alaska ...

Advocates are pushing for Alaska lawmakers to support a bill that would increase funding for suicide prevention services, ...

The major LNG developer’s main policy ask to lawmakers was introduced by the governor Friday, eliminates property taxes during construction and early operation. The senate majority leader has already ...

Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), is voicing opposition to the SAVE America ...

The initiative comes as federal proposals to require proof of citizenship raise concerns about voting access in rural areas.

For more than a year now, conventional wisdom has been that Democrats would take back the House — but not the Senate — in the ...

Lawmakers boosted base formula funding by $700 per student last year — but that's just $20 more than they'd gotten on a ...

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Lawmakers in the Alaska Senate have introduced an omnibus education bill that would overhaul the administration of publicly funded homeschooling programs. Senate Bill 277, introduced last week, would ...

The cost would be less than $1 a month for individual users, but in turn, it is estimated to generate between $6 to 8 million annually toward enhancing the state's capacity to respond to mental health ...

Congressman Nick Begich’s recent address to state legislators was a challenge all Alaskans needed to hear. Our congressman conveyed a simple message: Alaska’s resources and location have magnified our ...