Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Carney highlighted efforts to reduce case backlogs and asked lawmakers to fund a new ...

Minority Republicans say they see removing the dividend from the House's draft budget as a worrying sign. Bipartisan ...

Despite lawmakers’ hard-fought battles over education funding in recent years, the state’s effective spending on K-12 schools ...

On Feb. 9, the Alaska Senate voted 19-0 to extend a state of disaster until early March, retroactively extending a disaster declaration that expired Feb. 6.

The new book by Lisa Weissler will thrill policy wonks and inform those seeking a clear-eyed understanding of how Alaska reached its present dysfunction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 14—Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional comments from the Alaska Division of Elections on Wednesday.

Prominent national Democrats who back aggressive climate policies are lining up behind former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-AK) ...

The 11th Airborne Division commander will not testify before Alaska lawmakers this week about a reported stand-down order affecting more than 1,500 Alaska soldiers who had been on standby to deploy to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A state appeals court will decide whether to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against an Alaska resident born in American Samoa, one of numerous cases that has put a ...

The chair of Alaska’s human rights commission has sued a political writer for defamation over his description of her work on a failed attempt to preserve a historic building in Seward. Dorene Lorenz ...

Jan. 13—Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional comments from the Alaska Division of Elections on Wednesday. Leaders of Alaska's third-largest political party voted to dissolve it ...