Citing legislative inaction, a few Alaskans might try to raise oil taxes through a citizens initiative
A former state House member says he's batting around ideas about how to raise taxes on oil companies through a ballot initiative.
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Alaska House plans return to Juneau as key member says leaders have reached capital budget deal
“There’s an agreement among the House and the Senate that this is something we can both live with,” said Homer Rep. Paul Seaton.
Salmon habitat advocates scale back initiative ambitions after an attorney general’s suggestion
Gov. Walker’s administration warned that the first version of the initiative would have unconstitutionally limited projects like dams, mines and pipelines.
Here’s what happens in Alaska with a straight repeal of the Affordable Care Act
Cutting subsidies could unseat the state's individual market and eliminate Medicaid expansion.
Trump names Alaskan to Interior Department post
Joseph Balash is chief of staff to Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan.
As their work drags on, Alaska lawmakers are collecting big overtime checks
Alaska lawmakers have collected as much as $45,000 each to cover their expenses in Juneau this year, even as proposals to reduce that spending have languished.
Walker and other governors urge Senate not to repeal Affordable Care Act without replacement
Alaska's independent governor joined 10 Republicans and Democrats in a push for a comprehensive plan to stabilize insurance markets.
The 3 Republican women who doomed a Senate repeal of the health law
It was men who started it. It may be women who finished it.
Murkowski, Sullivan hope for a path forward on failed health care bill
Both Alaska senators are looking to continue negotiations -- but they don't agree on how.
Murkowski says no to repealing Affordable Care Act without replacement
The Alaska senator Tuesday joined two other centrist Republicans in opposition, effectively killing the plan.
Alaska Gov. Walker says he wants more progress in negotiations before he’ll call lawmakers back to work
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, at a Monday news conference, said he'll await more progress from state lawmakers in private negotiations before he calls them back to work in Juneau on a capital budget and fiscal plan.
Conservative lawmaker Dunleavy is first high-profile candidate in 2018 governor’s race
Mike Dunleavy, the Wasilla Republican state senator, filed paperwork Monday with state campaign finance regulators that says he intends to run for governor in 2018.
Alaska Legislature passes last-minute oil tax deal, but capital budget is still pending
The bill passed late Saturday will end cash payments to oil companies. But there was no agreement on a plan to pass the state capital budget, which is already two weeks late.
Alaska House members return to Juneau as hopes rise for an oil tax deal
The Alaska Legislature on Friday was nearing the end of its second special session with no progress looking likely on its major pending issues. And Gov. Bill Walker offered no clear indication of what he'd ask from lawmakers next.
GOP health bill rewrite sets aside extra cash for Alaska
But Alaska's Republican senators say they are still unsure whether they'll support the bill.
New Alaska political groups could support initiative campaigns on Medicaid, insurance
Two new Alaska political groups that could support initiative campaigns on Medicaid and insurance registered Thursday with the state, but officials involved with the groups are revealing little.
State senator says House oil-tax proposal should go in the shredder, suggesting oil-tax deal is far off
With the clock ticking down on its special session, the Alaska Legislature held a hearing on oil taxes Wednesday that quickly devolved into an airing of grievances. No deals were apparent.
Murkowski and Sullivan split on Senate leader’s decision to cut August ‘recess’ short
In the end, Mitch McConnell met Alaska's senators in the middle and canceled the first two weeks of the monthlong recess. He did not announce specific plans for the work period.
Murkowski remains unhappy about GOP negotiations for the Senate health bill
Alaska's senior senator is critical of her party's closed-door process, and the potential impacts to Alaska.
Alaska draws major federal funding to shore up individual health insurance market
The $300 million in federal funding will back the state's "reinsurance" program designed to offset the premium increases brought on by the high costs for a small number of patients.