About 200 people gathered outside the Juneau offices of Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan. They called for more gun control legislation, stricter background checks for those buying guns and for legislators to stop accepting money from the NRA.
Government
Why Sullivan voted no on $1.3 trillion federal bill
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan typically votes with the Republican leadership in the Senate. But in the wee hours before a two-week recess, Sullivan voted no on the federal spending bill.
Senate passes spending limit bill after Democrats walk out in protest
The bill says the state should limit the portion of state spending on state agencies that the Legislature directly controls each year to $4.1 billion starting next year.
Trump signs spending deal, after threatening veto
After a massive spending bill passed both chambers of Congress one day before a shutdown would occur, the president is threatening a veto because it does not address his immigration priorities.
Can’t beat climate change? YK Delta communities plan to adapt
Climate change has challenged one of the region’s most valuable resources: traditional knowledge. To adapt, communities are trying an international model used around the world by indigenous populations.
Feds take key step toward approving another Conoco development in NPR-A
If it goes forward, the project would be ConocoPhillips’s third oil development inside the boundaries of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
State budget largely unchanged after 3 days of amendments
Minority caucus Republicans offered amendments that would cut $28 million, but none passed.
House floor debate on state operating budget continues for third day
The House has been voting down the minority caucus Republicans’ budget amendments. Minority leader Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage, says it’s still worthwhile to have the conversation.
State election officials seek help registering, informing voters in their Native language
Alaska election officials are looking for help in some of the state’s smallest communities to provide assistance to register and inform voters about the ballot and elections in their Native language. But sometimes help is unavailable, leaving few options.
Federal spending bill does not include Tongass policy riders
A bill to fund the federal government emerged Wednesday night in Congress, and environmental groups are celebrating that it does not include policy riders to advance old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest.