U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, took questions from Alaska reporters on Tuesday, in an hourlong phone news conference. He expressed praise and support for the Trump administration’s agenda with the federal budget megabill, saying, “No state fared better from the bill” than Alaska. The following transcript of the news conference has been lightly edited to […]
Authorities say a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city on a cruise ship did not return from a hike she said she was taking. The Juneau Police Department says it received a report Tuesday afternoon …
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is calling state legislators back to Juneau for a surprise special session. On Wednesday, the governor issued a proclamation stating that the session, which begins Aug. 2, will cover education reform and his executive order creating a new Department of Agriculture. The proclamation also forces an early vote on whether to […]
The Alaska Department of Corrections announced that 35 men that were arrested and detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from out of state and held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex were transferred out of state on Monday. ICE transferred 42 men to Alaska from out of state on June 8, as part of […]
An Alaska woman has died from a severe complication of gonorrhea that is rare but has increased in frequency in the state, health officials reported. The woman, in her 50s, had disseminated gonococcal infection, or DGI, in which the bacteria that causes gonorrhea spreads to bodily organs, according to a bulletin issued Monday by the […]
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski took questions from Alaska reporters in a 25-minute phone news conference on Tuesday addressing her “Yes” vote for the controversial budget bill – dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” – which the U.S. Senate narrowly passed, 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. It now goes back to […]
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and spending bill penalized states providing health care for some immigrants with legal […]
Alaska Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski joined 48 other Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to pass a major budget bill that cuts federal assistance programs in order to partially pay for the extension of large tax cuts, weighted toward the wealthy. Even with those cuts, the bill is expected to increase the […]
As many Alaska school districts grapple with steep budget deficits, and in the wake of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s partial veto of an increase to per-student funding, the Alaska State Legislature has launched a joint bipartisan task force to focus on education funding. The Legislature approved a $700 increase per student to the funding formula, but […]
Alaskans pay nearly the highest percentage of their household incomes on energy of any state, and federal policy changes proposed in the budget reconciliation bill currently being debated in the U.S. Senate would make the problem worse, according to a report by the University of Washington’s Center for Environmental Health Equity and three Alaska organizations. […]
As President Donald Trump prepares an executive order that could end birthright citizenship for non-citizens having children in the United States, two unique federal laws could protect the citizenship rights of newborns in Alaska and Hawaii. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration may proceed with the implementation of his order […]
The U.S. Senate continued nonstop debate on its major policy and budget bill Monday, as provisions affecting Alaska continued to be hotly debated. Senators are advancing toward a vote expected as soon as Monday night, with some attempting to sway the vote of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Murkowski is critical to the vote, because there […]
I returned home to the United States from Scotland in March of 2020 with my master’s degree and a lump in my breast I had yet to discover. The next day, the world started to shut down from COVID-19. Three weeks later, I discovered that lump and my cancer journey unofficially started. On my 34th […]
GALENA, Alaska (AP) — As ice breaks on the Yukon River, Jake Pogrebinsky looks at the water from shore, searching for a large log floating downstream. When he spots one, he hops into his wooden …
After years of pressure over lost or untested sexual assault kits, a growing number of states are adopting systems to track the kits — giving survivors a way to follow their evidence through the justice process. But despite nearly $400 million in federal support since 2015, backlogs persist, and some states still lack basic oversight. […]
Today in History Today is Monday, June 30, the 181st day of 2025. There are 184 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 30, 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his …
The U.S. Senate voted to start debate on a wide-ranging bill that includes a series of last-minute changes that would uniquely offset or exempt some of its costs for Alaska. The changes highlight the importance of the votes of each Republican senator — including those of Alaska Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan — to advance […]
Child safety advocates are warning about the dangers of heatstroke from leaving kids in hot cars. Experts say vehicle temperatures can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes, even on mild days, putting …
GALENA, Alaska (AP) — In rural central Alaska, a village is in the midst of a clean energy transformation that locals say will boost savings, build resilience and provide jobs. Galena wants to curb …
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have limited high interest rates and fees for payday loans of $25,000 or less, which advocates said would have protected against predatory lending. The legislation, Senate Bill 39, passed both the Alaska House and Senate this session, and would have removed payday lenders from a […]