Gov. Walker says he'll urge lawmakers to approve stiffer penalties for low-level felonies and thefts, reversing parts of the cost-cutting criminal justice law passed last year.
Each solution to the fiscal crisis has a different constituency. A fair solution would touch them all, but life is rarely fair.
A move to pull $50 million from the Alaska LNG Project and spend it on other services will be reversed, according to the House Finance Committee co-chair.
Vic Fischer helped create Alaska as a state. Astonished by our wealth, he says we can afford to pay for the government we built.
Vic Fischer helped create Alaska as a state. Astonished by our wealth, he says we can afford to pay for the government we built.
After a quiet legislative session so far, Gov. Bill Walker says he expects lawmakers to give him a deficit-reduction plan by their 121-day limit set by the constitution — a month after the 90-day limit set by voters.
After a quiet legislative session so far, Gov. Bill Walker says he expects lawmakers to give him a deficit-reduction plan by their 121-day limit set by the constitution — a month after the 90-day limit set by voters.
A budget proposal would eliminate the House Republican minority's control over a key state savings account -- which could reduce the complexity of end-of-session negotiations.
Homer Republican Rep. Paul Seaton is proposing to cut more than 40 percent from Alaska's $116 million school bond debt reimbursement program.
Homer Republican Rep. Paul Seaton is proposing to cut more than 40 percent from Alaska's $116 million school bond debt reimbursement program.
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan stuck to jobs and the broader economy in his speech to the Alaska Legislature on Friday, steering clear of his ideas about the GOP effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
A proposal in the House would cut legislators' per diem by three-fourths and eliminate the payments entirely for Juneau lawmakers.
A proposal in the House would cut legislators' per diem by three-fourths and eliminate the payments entirely for Juneau lawmakers.
Anchorage lawmakers will hold their annual caucus with constituents Saturday, where city residents can register complaints and concerns and lay out their priorities for legislators grappling with a $3 billion deficit.
Anchorage lawmakers will hold their annual caucus with constituents Saturday, where city residents can register complaints and concerns and lay out their priorities for legislators grappling with a $3 billion deficit.
The bills would use the fund's investment earnings to help pay for government services and take at least $1 billion out of the state’s $3 billion deficit.
The Alaska Legislature has hired Rich Ruggiero, an oil and gas consultant who worked on the Sarah Palin-era ACES legislation that raised taxes on companies at high oil prices.
Budget cuts are popular, but I didn't hear anyone say, "Increase the class sizes in the the schools my kids attend, lay off some state troopers and reduce road maintenance."
The bill comes amid a rise in reports of dogs maimed or killed by traps and snares set not on far-flung traplines but near trails, yards or well-used roads and campgrounds.
Republican Sen. Mike Dunleavy has launched an online petition to restore last year's veto by Gov. Walker of half the money set aside for Permanent Fund dividends.
