As Alaska gasline special session nears end, additional session looms and Senate prepares to vote
If Alaska lawmakers do not vote by midday Friday on a bill offering a tax break to the proposed trans-Alaska…
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admin Feds sending $99 million in aid to address three declared Alaska fishery disasters
NOAA Fisheries is allocating the aid for declared fishery disasters concerning Bering Sea snow crab and Cook Inlet and Chignik…
Gas pipeline would be worth almost $800 million annually to Alaska treasury, new estimate says
Even with a proposed tax break, it isn't clear whether the pipeline project makes economic sense and would be built.
Gas pipeline deadlock continues in Alaska Senate as special session nears end
Members of the Senate’s controlling majority caucus canceled meetings Wednesday and debated behind closed doors.
For trans-Alaska gas pipeline operator, carbon dioxide may be a lucrative sideline
The Alaska Department of Revenue estimates the pipeline project’s carbon plant could receive $7.4 billion in federal aid across 12…
Alaska districts close 12 schools this year, amid severe budget cuts
District officials grappling with severe budget shortfalls have opted to close 12 elementary and middle schools across the state —…
Surging stock market, Trump policies boost wealth for top 1%
The richest 1% of Americans held nearly a third of the country’s total wealth at the end of 2025, according…
Alaska natural gas pipeline dreams stretch over half a century
Various North Slope natural gas plans have emerged over the past decades, as have promises that development was imminent.
Natural gas pipeline tax break lacks needed Senate votes, Alaska lawmakers say
Legislators’ 30-day special session on the issue ends Friday, and lawmakers say a House-passed bill currently lacks support in the…
Special ed, civil rights to be shifted out of Trump’s shrinking Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping efforts Tuesday to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to…