1/16/17

Alaska legislators agree on the need to address the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit.

1/13/17

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by six this week to 659.

1/9/17

Bills to restore the portion of Alaska Permanent Fund dividends vetoed last year by Gov. Bill Walker have been filed ahead of the start of the legislative session.

1/6/17

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is vowing to work with the President-elect Donald Trump to address what Walker sees as an adverse land management plan for the eastern portion of interior Alaska approved in the waning days of the Obama administration.

1/4/17

A federal judge has agreed to temporarily halt proceedings in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by the group behind the proposed Pebble Mine project.

12/28/16

Police in Alaska’s capital city are responding to a year of deadly confrontations between police and citizens across the country with a local campaign to turn 2017 into a year of kindness.

12/28/16

The union representing nearly 8,000 state employees has filed a complaint against Gov. Bill Walker and his administration for an alleged violation of contract.

12/27/16

The incoming speaker of the Alaska House is known as a level-headed moderate willing to work across party lines. But he faces major tests in leading a new majority coalition and trying to secure agreement on a plan to address the state’s multibillion-dollar deficit.