The Alaska Legislature opened its third special session of 2026 with no bill, few lawmakers and little hope. A handful of legislators gathered Monday in the state Capitol at Juneau
This article first appeared on High Country News and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. In Interior Alaska, near the Canadian border, a small Alaska
Half of Alaska’s economic growth from 2015 to 2023 came from one source. Not oil, which added perhaps $4.5 billion over that stretch. Not mining or fishing, which together added
The state of Alaska has removed an estimated 3,000 to 3,500 Alaskans from the state’s active voter list, claiming they may be noncitizens. The removals leave those residents able to
I didn’t learn about the permanent closure of the University of Alaska Anchorage Testing Center through a campus press release or a community town hall. I learned about it on
A Native-led voter mobilization group is working to boost Alaska Native voter education and turnout this election season. Get Out the Native Vote is a non-partisan effort now underway to
The Mat-Su school board recently passed a policy to arm classroom teachers. I’ve been struggling to find the right word to describe it. The district claims the policy is about
The first two votes in Alaska’s Aug. 18 primary election have already been cast. According to records published by the absentee and petition office of the Alaska Division of Elections,
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress are pushing back against a proposed Trump administration rule introduced by the Office of Management and Budget that would substantially change the way federal grants
The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe. But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task.