Trump targets Alaska's oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight
Alaska's political leaders are cheering an expansive executive order signed by President Donald Trump that aims to boost oil ...
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Alaska lawmakers gavel in, talk priorities on smooth first day of session
The first day always involves more pomp and circumstance than legislating, and this time was no exception — but senators ...
Here are the Alaska legislative priorities to watch this session
The Alaska House and Senate on Tuesday convened the two-year session with bipartisan majorities governing both legislative chambers. Leaders of the Democrat-dominated House and Senate majorities said ...
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Trump Targets Alaska’s Oil and Other Resources
President Donald Trump’s expansive executive order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders.
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Alaska Legislature convenes session with aligned bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate
The Senate reelected Kodiak Republican Sen. Gary Stevens to serve as president of the Senate and leader of a bipartisan ...
The Alaska Legislature by the numbers
They include teachers, fishermen, pilots, a hunting guide, realtors, engineers, attorneys, veterans, a pharmacist, a medical doctor, a physician assistant, a nurse, a shopkeeper, an insurance broker ...
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Alaska senators outline key priorities in the opening day of the 34th Legislature
Money’s going to be tight, but a permanent education funding increase rather than another one-time increase is among the essential achievements needed this session, state Senate leaders said as the ...
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With school funding dispute over, Juneau among four Alaska districts moving on without federally promised money
Alaska’s Department of Education claims victory in pandemic funding dispute, and will collect $17.5 million in federal ...
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34th Alaska Legislature gavels in smoothly — now the hard part begins
The 20-member Senate gaveled in at the Alaska State Capitol shortly after its scheduled 1 p.m. start time and the 40-member House did likewise an hour later, with Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom swearing in ...
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New state population estimate shows an aging Juneau with fewer young people
It showed that while Alaska as a whole has more people than last year’s data indicated, the population in Juneau and the Southeast region continues to decline. State Demographer David Howell ...
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Northern highlights: Alaska's energy, security policies are the guide feds need amid transition, group says
Bob Griffin's family has lived in Alaska since 1899 ... Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, illustrating how Juneau must guide Washington. A source familiar with the founding of ...
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Alaska education advocates gloomy about prospects of a big funding boost this year
Supporters of a veto overrride vote lined the halls of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on March 18, 2024, as lawmakers convened in a joint session to consider overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s ...