State Government

Representative Paul Seaton says the hole is so large, cuts just don’t cut it anymore.

Three Southeast representatives want their colleagues to sign on to a campaign to protect the region’s fisheries from British Columbia mines.

“It’s not as bad as it looks. Sometimes it gets cold in the winter, but they allow for us to have an extra blanket if it’s really cold out,” says inmate Catherine Fredrick, who lives in the tent.

A pair of lawmakers in the Alaska House have filed legislation to reinstate an income tax.

The rewritten law is unlikely to reach the governor’s desk this year, said Senate Rules Committee Chair Charlie Huggins.

The cuts by the state legislature to broadband services could limit rural schools ability to administer mandated state tests.

Fifteen states, including eight that currently allow same-sex marriages, signed the brief.

Anchorage could be the last school district to get state reimbursement for its bonds, before the program goes on a five-year hiatus.

After nearly seven hours of delay, the Senate Finance committee has moved an operating budget with $700 million in cuts.