For the past two years, the Legislature has approved $7.5 million in child care subsidies. But the state’s dire fiscal ...

Alaskans rallied in communities statewide for May Day, in support of workers and protesting Trump administration policies.

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of people imprisoned in Alaska alleges the state Department of Corrections provides ...

After several failures and near misses, the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday passed a bipartisan education package that multiple lawmakers say could survive Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto pen. After almost ...

Millions of dollars slated for child care funding were among the many budget cuts Alaska state Senators made last week, in an ...

The efforts mark the latest attempt by legislators to alter laws backed by the voters they represent. In February, for ...

Its electoral system, bolstered by strong economic and social institutions, enables lawmakers to vote their consciences in ...

Mr. Seidenverg and Mayor Goldstein are Alaska’s only Jewish public officials. Mr. Goldstein was mayor of Juneau for several terms about twenty years ago. He and his brother, also widely known in ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski has consistently refused to bend to Trump, winning reelection despite his opposition. “I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice,” she tells an Anchorage ...

Lisa Murkowski, Alaska's longtime U.S. senator, was home from Washington this week, touching base. As part of her rounds, the Republican lawmaker appeared in Anchorage before an annual meeting of ...

By Steve Benen More than any Republican in Congress, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska can be counted on for candor about the state of her party in the era of Donald Trump. In fact, late last year ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the moderate Alaska Republican who has routinely broken with her party to criticize President Donald Trump, has made a startling admission about the reality of serving in ...