Walker's administration announced Wednesday that it's bringing a 26-member delegation on a May trade mission to China, in industries ranging from seafood to tourism.
Lawmakers have agreed to give schools at least the same amount of cash as last year. But there's still no deal on a long-term budget plan, or a budget boost for schools.
Political observers say the timing of the votes on the salmon habitat and government ethics initiatives could affect the outcome.
The former landlords for the Alaska Legislature's downtown Anchorage office building asked for $37 million in damages after the state walked away from its lease.
Lawmakers say they haven't descended into the gridlock that plagued the Capitol the previous three years.
The state Senate is scrutinizing a request by Gov. Bill Walker's administration to allow Alaska's gas line corporation to accept investment from Outside entities without legislative approval.
A new Senate plan offers a $30 million boost to schools two years from now - but only if the House agrees to a long-term plan to fill the majority of Alaska's deficit with investment earnings from the Permanent Fund.
The largely-Democratic House majority and the Republican-led Senate majority, in meetings Friday, advanced competing plans to boost education spending.
It's nearly certain that residents will see PFDs this year of $1,600, an amount supported by the Alaska House, Senate and Gov. Walker.
House Bill 75 aimed to reduce the risk of mass shootings by taking guns away from people deemed by judges and police officers to be dangerous.
Gov. Bill Walker, House Speaker Bryce Edgmon and Senate President Pete Kelly talk about what's brewing before Sunday's 90-day deadline — and what may wait for overtime.
Alaska law already bars smoking at schools, public meeting rooms, health care buildings and elevators.
