Author: Associated Press |
3/1/17
The Alaska House majority leader says focusing on use of earnings from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund would be the “easy route” in addressing the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit.
Author: Associated Press |
3/1/17
A leak in an underwater pipeline continues to spew natural gas into Alaska’s Cook Inlet and a second environmental group has given required 60-day notice that it will sue the pipeline’s owner.
Author: Associated Press |
2/27/17
The majority leader of the Alaska Senate says he will consider this session a success if lawmakers pass the state operating and infrastructure budgets and a bill that allows for structured draws from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund.
Author: Associated Press |
2/27/17
The Homer proposal has been softened from an early draft that mentioned Trump and was worked on by local residents.
2/23/17
A representative for the Alaska attorney general’s office says a change in how the federal government enforces its own marijuana laws would not affect state marijuana laws.
Author: Associated Press |
2/23/17
Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has staked out positions that could put her at odds with fellow Republicans and the Trump Administration, saying she won’t vote to defund Planned Parenthood or to repeal expanded Medicaid.
2/23/17
Petroleum drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was not a consideration under President Barack Obama, but it’s getting renewed attention under the new administration.
Author: Associated Press |
2/22/17
A leaking underwater pipeline continues to spew natural gas into Cook Inlet.
Author: Associated Press |
2/21/17
The Alaska State Medical Board has proposed new abortion regulations, prompted by a lawsuit from abortion-rights advocates who argue that existing rules restrict second-trimester abortions.
Author: Associated Press |
2/21/17
The University of Alaska system has agreed to resolve issues stemming from a federal review of its handling of campus sexual assault and sexual harassment cases.