The Alaska Supreme Court has ordered an amended plan from the Alaska Redistricting Board to be used in this year’s elections,...
Loved ones, friends and fellow legislators paused Sat. to memorialize former Palmer Rep. Carl Gatto as a family man first, and a state...
Dianne Blumer, a special assistant to Gov. Sean Parnell, has been named Alaska's new labor commissioner.
Gov. Sean Parnell has signed into law legislation intended to spur economic activity near military bases.
Last month's 13-day special legislative session has so far cost nearly $404,000.
Gov. Sean Parnell has announced $66 million in budget vetoes, the smallest cuts of his term and a result of spending limits agreed to with...
The Alaska Redistricting Board has made what its executive director calls significant changes to southeast Alaska's political boundaries.
The Alaska Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Alaska Redistricting Board to use its original redistricting plan for this year&...
A new bill banning texting while driving in Alaska goes into effect Friday. Gov. Sean Parnell signed the bill into law Thursday.
Shelley Hughes, a former aide to the late state Rep. Carl Gatto, will be sworn in Friday to serve out the remainder of his term.
The Anchorage Assembly is scheduled to hear public testimony on Tuesday evening about a proposed measure that would grant certain private...
A Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Don Young says he plans to file his candidate paperwork Wednesday with the Alaska state Division of...
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and Sen. Lisa Murkowski are among more than 40 senators who have asked the postmaster general to extend the moratorium...
The State of Alaska has given TransCanada Corp.permission to shift its attention to a natural gas pipeline project that would be capable...
The Alaska Legislature's top attorney says the special session is, indeed, over.
Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Shelley Hughes, a former legislative aide of the late Rep. Carl Gatto, to fill his Palmer House seat on Tuesday.
In Juneau, day number 13 proved to be "unlucky" for the Special Session.
As longtime state Republican Party Chair Randy Ruedrich moved toward the end of his tenure Saturday, dramatic events surrounded a convention...
There may be a change coming as early as this summer to one of the most controversial issues in Anchorage: lighting off fireworks onNew...
With the the 30-thousand-dollar-a-day legislative session still in limbo, committee hearings were held.
The 27th session of the Alaska Legislature is moving into uncharted territory.
On day 8 of the Special Session in Juneau Governor Sean Parnell threw lawmakers a curve ball.
U.S. Rep. Don Young will be one of the negotiators charged with ironing out differences between the House and Senate versions on a federal...
Gov. Sean Parnell has removed oil taxes from his call for a special session Wednesday, leaving the Legislature to consider only bills for...
Alaska Representative Les Gara of Anchorage spent Tuesday recovering in a New York City hospital after undergoing surgery...
Members of the Senate Resources Committee spent time Tuesday closely but politely questioning the Legislature's own consultant on oil tax...
The state Senate wants the House to take the lead on oil taxes during the special session.
Republicansfrom the late-Rep. Carl Gatto's district in Palmer have sent the governor the names of three potential candidates to serve out...
There was more testimony on oil taxes during the state Legislature's special session Monday, as an energy consultant said big tax breaks...
A Fairbanks judge has rejected the Alaska Redistricting Board’s revised redistricting plan as insufficiently compliant with the Alaska...
Thursday was the second day of the special session called by Gov. Sean...
The special session of the state Legislature opened Wednesday with more of a whimper than a bang. Floor sessions saw the absence of many...
Alaska education leaders are content but not exuberant about a deal brokered over the course of the legislative session that ended with a...
Gov. Sean Parnell's call for a special session has stopped Legislature staffers who were packing boxes inside the State Capitol Monday....
The Alaska House has passed a bill that would extend insurance coverage to some children for treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
The Alaska Legislature has approved a bill that would give judges flexibility when handing down criminal sentences to people with fetal...
Gov. Sean Parnell is calling lawmakers back for a special session this week to deal with unresolved issues from the just-ended legislative...
Some state bills are moving forward, with time running out in the regular session of the Legislature. It now appears that things are...
Lawmakers have passed a plan creating a state-backed council aimed at revitalizing Alaska Native languages.
The state Senate decided at the last possible moment Thursday not to have a floor debate on one of its key pieces of legislation in the 2012...
The Legislature has passed a resolution that celebrates contributions of Girl Scouts to Alaska and names 2012 the "Year of the Girl."
Sarah Palin's political action committee spent more money than it raised during the first three months of 2012.
Gov. Sean Parnell has laid down the conditions that would cause him to call a special session of the state Legislature.
A special session could be in store for state lawmakers, as Gov. Sean Parnell says he will call one if the Senate passes an oil tax bill...
The State Senate on Wednesday passed a $2.6 billion infrastructure spending package.
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