Alaska Senate passes capital budget — with no funding for Petersburg's new hospital project
By Shelby Herbert
Alaska Senate passes draft budget, confirming $175 million in bonus public-school funding
By James Brooks
Alaska Senate rolls out operating budget with roughly $1,300 PFD plus energy relief check
By Eric Stone
Alaska Senate budget crafters reduce dividend size in effort to avoid draw from savings
By Sean Maguire & Iris Samuels
Energy, crime and home-school allotments: The big bills to watch as time runs out in Alaska’s legislative session
By Sean Maguire & Iris Samuels
Leading Alaska legislators propose task force to help rescue a seafood industry ‘in a tailspin’
By Yereth Rosen
Potential legislative seafood industry task force gets support from Kodiak Island Borough Mayor, OBI Seafoods, and others
By Davis Hovey
With a day left in the Alaska legislative session, here’s what lawmakers are focused on
By Sean Maguire & Iris Samuels
Senate Finance chops dividend to $1,600; otherwise budget reflects House proposal for next fiscal year
By Suzanne Downing
Alaska House’s draft budget has a $2,272 dividend, $175 million in extra school funding
By Sean Maguire
Seward dock funding moves ahead but Port MacKenzie rail extension is stripped by Senate Finance
By Suzanne Downing
Analysis: Balanced state budget next year can include a $1,535 PFD and $680 BSA increase
By Mark Sabbatini
Senate committee hears setnet buyback bill
By Ashlyn O'hara
Jared Goecker, candidate for Eagle River's Senate seat, taps all-star finance team for his campaign
By Suzanne Downing
Proposal to tax guns and ammo to support crime victim services once again advancing at the legislature
By Bente Birkeland
Alaska senators say $1,000 increase to per student funding is “beginning of a conversation”
By Lisa Phu
Alaska Senate passes bill banning use of firefighting foams containing ‘forever chemicals’
By Yereth Rosen
Alaska Senate Finance Committee starts to hear public testimony on proposed state budget
By Andrew Kitchenman
Senators seek to increase support for Alaska student transportation costs as part of school funding bill
By Sophia Carlisle
Alaska revenue picture looking more normal, with lower oil prices, after pandemic and war shocks
By Yereth Rosen
Hilcorp gets grilled in Senate Finance
By Suzanne Downing
With rising oil prices, Alaska’s government is forecast to receive millions in revenue
By Andrew Kitchenman
Former Alaska Senate President Pete Kelly registers as a lobbyist
By Andrew Kitchenman
Alaska state senators say PFD formula could be changed
By Andrew Kitchenman
Alaska Senate set to debate state budget on Thursday
By Andrew Kitchenman
The Sunday Minefield – May 7, 2023
By Jeff Landfield
The Sunday Minefield – January 28, 2018
By Jeff Landfield
Former Alaska State Senator Al Adams passes away
By Rosemarie Alexander & Joaqlin Estus