The House floor session on Thursday was the culmination of weeks of frustration on both sides of the aisle.
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State hopes environmental monitoring will clear up unknowns about Cook Inlet gas leak
State regulators have given preliminary approval to Hilcorp’s plan to monitor the environmental impacts of the gas leak in Cook Inlet.
Senate passes bill drawing from Permanent Fund
It’s not clear whether the House and Senate will agree on changes to the Permanent Fund.
Immigration enforcement changes hit home in Alaska
The Trump administration released new instructions late last month on how Homeland Security is supposed to implement immigration policies. Under the Obama administration, immigration officers focused on deporting people who committed serious crimes. Now, everyone who has violated immigration laws could be arrested, detained, and deported. These changes put some Alaskans in limbo.
House passes bill to provide benefits to survivors of police, firefighters
While Governors Sean Parnell and Bill Walker have ordered that survivors continue to receive coverage, lawmakers want to make it permanent.
Update: Tied-up ferry Taku is for sale
The state ferry Taku is for sale to the highest bidder. The minimum price for the 54-year-old ship is $1.5 million.
Iditarod’s mid-pack mushers prepare final pushes to Nome
Iditarod mushers face a grueling next few days. Not just those fighting tooth-and-nail at the top of the pack but, also, everyone else with competitive ambitions jockeying for spots in the top 10, 20 and 30.
Video: Is the Cook Inlet gas leak contributing to global warming?
A natural gas pipeline in Alaska has been leaking methane into the atmosphere since at least early February. Dr. Katey Walter Anthony helps to put the size of that leak into perspective.
Iditarod changes dropped dog transport standards following Friday death
The necropsy results for an Iditarod dog that died Friday while flying to Anchorage indicate that it died from overheating.
Committee sends budget to full House
Most of the changes that the House Finance Committee made were to areas outside of the agencies that provide government services.