Under an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the new department will start July 1 unless voted down by legislators.

Alaskan leaders continue to unite behind keeping with the traditional name of North America’s highest peak. In response to ...

The state Senate is expected to quickly agree with Jan. 27 House vote, which would send the request to Washington ...

Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle said creating a cabinet-level agriculture department would force the state to focus ...

In a series of hearings this week, members of the Alaska Legislature have heard emotional testimony about the need for more ...

The Alaska House is led by a majority coalition that is composed largely ... for a separate order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state. Some of them said that ...

24—JUNEAU — A member of the Alaska House majority on Friday introduced ... The bill would add roughly $464 million to the state's annual education spending, which currently hovers around ...

Alaska House members passed a resolution Monday urging ... It’s a symbol of culture and a symbol of respect,” the resolution’s author, state Rep. Maxine Dibert (D), who is Koyukon Athabascan ...

In an effort to boost awareness of the University of Alaska’s research success, a Fairbanks Republican has proposed that the ...

The House resolution, sponsored by Rep ... communities whose roots are intertwined with this land.” The state of Alaska adopted the name Denali, which comes from a Koyukon Athabascan word ...

With a bipartisan 28-10 vote on Jan. 27, the House approved ... J.D. Vance, the state’s congressional delegation and the acting secretary of the Interior. Whether Trump will change his mind is ...

JUNEAU — A member of the Alaska House majority on Friday introduced ... The bill would add roughly $464 million to the state’s annual education spending, which currently hovers around $1.2 ...