The legislative legal services deputy director wrote that the proposal to sell bonds to pay down the tax credits in one lump sum may fall outside the Alaska Constitution’s tight restrictions on allowing the state to contract debt.
Anti-mine advocates with the Bristol Bay Native Corp. made the rounds in Washington this week to get a word in with regulators and lawmakers.
The notice opens 60 days of public comment before the environmental review, including five public meetings in Alaska.
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.
Alaska's senior senator was among several GOP lawmakers to reject an expected White House proposal to undo parts of a previously-passed budget deal.
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.
Most lawmakers agree they should make at least minor adjustments to Senate Bill 91, the 2016 overhaul of criminal sentencing law.
Plus a Delaware senator (and Russian trolls?) adopt the Alaska senator's family.
The Anchorage attorney worked in state government for now-Sen. Dan Sullivan and started his law career clerking for the president's sister.
Lawmakers and veteran political observers say that Alaska's fiscal crisis and an ideological split between the House and Senate have caused gridlock.
Pondering whether it’s a good idea is proving an “emotional debate,” according to officials of both bodies who came together March 21 in a joint work session.
