A “parental rights” education bill proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy could be found to violate the state’s constitution, according to an agency charged with analyzing proposed legislation in Alaska.
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New Alaska salary commission unanimously recommends 67% pay raise for lawmakers
The commission recommended the raise for legislators — alongside a significant pay boost for the governor and his cabinet — shortly after all five members were replaced by the governor.
Election chief says she is evaluating Alaska’s membership in voter fraud system
The system has been the target of false claims from Republican former President Donald Trump and his allies.
Alaska’s unprecedented food stamp backlog is taking a harsh toll on rural communities
In rural Alaska, where food costs can be astronomical and food banks or pantries are rare, residents are experiencing particularly dire consequences from the unprecedented backlog, advocates say.
The unseen driver of Alaska’s record jail deaths: Suicide
The Anchorage Daily News obtained and reviewed Alaska State Troopers investigation reports and medical examiner records, and spoke with family members, advocates and prison officials. Here’s what they found.
Homeless below zero: After a man’s death in a Fairbanks snowbank, a city reckons with emergency shelter
Fairbanks is America’s coldest city. It has no low-barrier shelter.
It was good to be friends with Anchorage’s mayor. Then the investigations began
An influential friend of Mayor Dave Bronson’s is at the center of several of the controversies that have enveloped City Hall.
Three Alaska chefs, restaurateur nominated for James Beard awards
Beau Schooler of In Bocca Al Lupo in Juneau, previously nominated several times, and Rene Trafton of Sitka restaurant Beak were nominated in the same category.
Polar bear fatally mauls woman and boy in Northwest Alaska village
According to initial accounts, a polar bear came to the village and chased several residents, troopers said.
A wilderness guide stumbled upon Alaska’s northernmost glacier — one not marked on any map
The glacier is 30 miles from the coast and 10 miles northwest of the Brooks Range.