Every Thursday, the Alaska Legislature publishes its committee schedule for the coming week. Public notices alert us to ...

Alaska's U.S. House member struck a bipartisan tone in his second address to the state Legislature. He barely mentioned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snow-covered statue of William Henry Seward stands in front of the Alaska State Capitol on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (James Brooks ...

Most state legislators have left Juneau and aren’t scheduled to meet again until Aug. 19 due to differences over the agenda The legislators have left, but the special session of the Alaska State ...

The Alaska and American flags fly in front of the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) Gov. Mike Dunleavy allowed three bills to become law this week ...

Over 30 people gathered in front of the Alaska State Capitol on Saturday to protest the proposed Alaska LNG pipeline, a massive natural gas project backed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and private developer ...

Suzanne Cohen holds a sign in the rain outside the Alaska State Capitol on Friday, Aug. 1 calling on lawmakers to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of more than $50 million in public school funding.

This year, Alaska celebrates 70 years since our state constitution was created. And yet the official state seal that was adopted then fails to acknowledge Alaska’s Indigenous identities and all of our ...

Even before becoming a state, Alaska was an oil producer. The Swanson Oil Field was discovered in 1957, bringing petroleum company interest right on the heels of the writing of the Alaska state ...