In what the Alaska Legislature’s longest-serving member called the “smoothest ending in 20 years” the Senate adjourned for the year at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, followed by the House at 1:53 p.m. — nearly a ...

The Alaska Legislature overrode the governor’s education veto on Tuesday morning, 46-14. In the past two years, three attempts to override vetoes on bills increasing education funding have failed.

House Bill 16, the campaign finance bill, and Senate Bill 64, the elections reform legislation, are expected to return when the Legislature resumes work in January, and they could be part of a wave of ...

If you want President Trump to succeed, this kind of skeezy stuff needs to stop,” Ben Shapiro said on his daily podcast on ...

Former Juneau school board member Steve Whitney, who stepped down in 2019 after one three-year term due to a family illness, ...

There won’t be a vote on limiting the number of cruise passengers in Juneau during this fall’s municipal election since an ...

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The Alaska Legislature on Wednesday approved almost all of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s appointments to state boards and commissions ...

The City and Borough of Juneau released updated flood inundation maps on Thursday that show barriers being installed along ...

For the second year, the Sustainable Southeast Partnership is releasing “Woven” as a printed and digital collection of ...

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Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Chris Russell is the president of the Juneau chapter of the APOA and has been involved in the torch ...