Gov. Sarah Palin will call the Legislature into a second special session this summer meant to provide Alaskans some relief from the soaring cost of energy.
School budget language plays up the risks to kids
Newly released documents justifying the hundreds of earmarks in the proposed $2.3 billion state capital budget describe Anchorage school grounds fraught with peril for children.
Legislature steps in to prisons dispute
The Alaska Legislature is stepping into the internal bickering in the state's prisons that has reached a feverish pitch.
House, Senate won't pay travel expenses for Anchorage trip
JUNEAU -- Gov. Sarah Palin's preliminary gas line presentation will be held May 28-30, but it may take place before a sparse crowd.
Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday rejected a political rival’s call to add abortion to the agenda of an upcoming special legislative session focused on the natural gas pipeline.
Proponents overjoyed at API bill passage
Four years after an Anchorage couple started pushing for a psychiatric patient rights bill, the Legislature finally approved the measure -- in the last hours of the session.
State budget may mean high times in Anchorage
From $1,500 for Mountain View's spring cleanup to $70.6 million for Fish & Game's new sport fish hatchery, the capital budget passed this week touches just about every aspect of life in Anchorage.
Legislature: big savers, bigger spenders
The Legislature adjourned Sunday and the leadership crowed about a raft of achievements, but Gov. Sarah Palin complained about budget "largess."
At last minute, roads bill balloons in size
A wrapup of legislative activity
The final status of some of the legislation the Daily News has published stories about. The Legislature adjourned Sunday.
At last minute, roads bill balloons in size
JUNEAU -- Voters in November will decide if the state should incur $315 million in debt to pay for road projects around the state.
JUNEAU - The Alaska Legislature adjourned with time to spare today and the leadership crowed about a raft of achievements, but Gov. Sarah Palin complained about "largess" in budgets the lawmakers passed.
Legislators send $315 million in road projects to voters
What happened to our windfall?
A look at legislative activity as the session winds down
Late-session bills punch up penalties for crime
A look at legislative activity as the session winds down
Following is the status as of 4 p.m. Saturday of some of the legislation the Daily News has published stories about. The Legislature adjourns today. HB: House Bill; SB: Senate Bill; HJR: House Joint Resolution; HCR: House Concurrent Resolution; SCR: Senate Concurrent Resolution
The state House has passed a $2.7 billion capital budget, chock full of projects to fill potholes, fix roofs and building everything from schools to ball fields.
Palin's e-mailing sparks criticism
JUNEAU -- Some legislators are accusing Gov. Sarah Palin of collecting and misusing thousands of e-mail addresses from state records to make a last-minute push for a bill to cut business license fees.
What happened to our windfall?
Senate Majority Leader Johnny Ellis of Anchorage said state lawmakers came to the capital 90 days ago with two things in mind: money and fear.
Legislators lament larger operating budget
Legislators lament larger operating budget
JUNEAU -- The Alaska Legislature on Saturday passed a record $11.2 billion operating budget that is 23 percent larger than the current budget, according to lawmakers.
Late-session bills punch up penalties for crime
Bootleggers, sex offenders and child pornographers have been targeted by state lawmakers for stiffer penalties in a pair of sweeping crime bills.
A tiny earmark in a multibillion-dollar budget has sparked a huge new debate surrounding one of the state's biggest controversies -- the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine in Southwest Alaska.
Lawmakers troll for filmmakers
On Friday, the Senate passed a bill it hopes will make the state more competitive with others courting production companies.
Bill to expand powers of APOC advances
JUNEAU -- Lawmakers are one step closer to expanding the investigative powers of the state's elections watchdog agency.
Panel OKs $25,000 for mining education
JUNEAU -- The House Finance Committee has authorized the governor's office to spend $25,000 to weigh in on a citizen's initiative on mining.
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Legislators pile projects onto capital budget
Legislature passes sex offender bill
Bill to withhold money for Real ID heads to governor
Legislators try to dampen gambling initiative
Lawmakers want share of offshore oil revenue
Lawmaker says state needs death penalty
Energy assistance for needy to end $500 check plan
Palin seeks study of gas line to Anchorage
Transportation package gets fatter in House
Flags to fly at half-staff for territorial legislator
Don't call it a PR effort; they're just promoting a gas pipeline
Death penalty brought up in sex offender bill debate
Legislature appears headed for a quiet finale
Legislator loses gallbladder, could be back at work on Monday
Bill requires Palin submit long-range fiscal plan
House OKs parental consent abortion bill
A look at legislative activity as session winds down
Senate approves capital budget that Palin considers 'appalling'
Governor, lawmakers take off the gloves
Legislative building plan scrapped
Palin criticizes budget picks by senators
Palin hears legislators, sharpens veto ax
Legislator promotes plan for new UAA sports arena
Governor announces June special session
House OKs measure to streamline predator control laws
Energy rebate talk draws heat, no action
Partial-birth abortion bill modeled on federal law
Senate expands state spending as savings talk dominates
Governor will sign school funding bill
Palin calls for accountability
Energy rebate gains steam in state House
Politics and price are undoing hatchery plan
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