Legislature passes resolution in defense of Southeast Alaska troll fishery
Alaska legislators on Monday passed the Defense of Alaska Fisheries Resolution, urging federal and state officials to continue to defend the state’s...
Alaska House concerned with new National Park Service push to regulate hunting, trapping
Members of the Alaska House of Representatives voted Monday to officially express their concern about the National Park Service’s (NPS) role in...
Legislators urged immediate federal action on transboundary mining
Six legislators in the Alaska House Coalition who represent residents of Southeast and coastal communities are calling for immediate federal action regarding...
Legislators are focused on education, state employee concerns, budget
By Alaska Senate President Gary Steven, R-KodiakHello from Juneau.The legislative session is now at...
Bipartisan bill would provide patients with safe access to treatments
Eighteen members of Congress, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, are supporting legislation that they say places reasonable limits on use of step...
Legislation supports women’s rights to choose
A bipartisan group of four U.S. senators, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, recently reintroduced legislation to protect women’s rights to access both...
Alaska VA Healthcare System Act honors Mary Louise Rasmuson
Legislation signed into law on Jan. 5 by President Joe Biden officially renames the Alaska VA Healthcare System in memory of the...
Bruce’s Law would help combat fentanyl epidemic
Legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday, June 8, would boost federal prevention and educational efforts on the dangers of drugs laced with the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which has caused many deaths nationwide.
House, Senate Finance Committees release their capital budgets
The Finance Committees in the Alaska House and Senate have released their capital budget, neither of which has moved out of committee,...
House passes budget championing education
Alaska’s House of Representatives has passed an operating budget investing heavily in the state’s education system, plus funds for essential services and to help residents recover from inflation and high energy prices.