Confidential document guided Alaska senators working on natural gas pipeline tax break
A secret agreement provides the most detailed insight yet into one of the world’s largest prospective natural gas projects.
June 2026
admin New law allows Alaska’s local governments to offer more property tax breaks
The legislation is among nine bills that Gov. Mike Dunleavy permitted to become law without his signature on Monday.
Alaska Supreme Court rejects state petition to take up Fairbanks charter school dispute
The Alaska Supreme Court declined to take up a case that could have compelled the Fairbanks North Star Borough School…
Lawsuit aims to put sunflower sea stars on endangered species list
The huge sea stars, which used to be plentiful in waters from Mexico to Alaska, were nearly wiped out by…
Alaska legislators probe decision to remove candidate from the ballot
Members of the Alaska House Judiciary and State Affairs committees held an investigatory hearing on Monday about the state’s decision…
Dead fin whale carried into Alaska port on cruise ship bow, investigation underway
The case in Seward underscores the need for vessel speed limits in whale habitat, one environmental activist says.
Nonprofit foundation gifts Alaska Legislature 16 apartments in Juneau
The Legislature's 60 members, 57 of whom live outside the capital city, will soon have access to 49 dedicated apartments.
Alaska House rejects Senate’s LNG gas line bill, lawmakers say negotiations will continue
The Alaska House of Representatives on Saturday rejected a Senate-drafted multibillion-dollar tax break for a...
Alaska Senate approves gas pipeline tax break, but governor and others indicate it isn’t enough
Senators voted narrowly to eliminate an exemption to the state’s corporate income tax that would have applied to the project.
Dunleavy vetoes nine bills, but Alaska lawmakers override two in special session flurry
Sixteen other bills, including a measure raising the state’s age of consent, became law without a veto from the governor.