3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (424+ words) A budget proposal that would provide $100 million to shore up schools and state facilities in dire need of repairs across Alaska is on its way to a full Senate vote. The Senate Finance Committee rolled out its capital budget on…...

15+ hour, 50+ min ago  (665+ words) The Juneau Assembly will delay the planned summer demolition of the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhood until the city receives more information from prospective developers. The Assembly is becoming increasingly divided on what to do with the city-owned property. The neighborhood…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (99+ words) The Alaska House rejects an effort to impose corporate income taxes on certain oil and gas companies. Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly The Alaska House rejects an effort to impose corporate income taxes on certain oil and gas companies, and…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (411+ words) Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola, who is mounting a high-profile challenge to Republican U. S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, announced on Monday that her campaign raised $8. 9 million in the first quarter of the year, a record for any U. S. Senate campaign in Alaska. The announcement,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (656+ words) The Alaska House rejected a state Senate effort to impose corporate income taxes on energy producer Hilcorp and other similarly structured oil and gas companies. It was the House's first floor vote in this two-year Legislature on a major oil…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (732+ words) As states enact stricter work requirements for the federal food stamp program, a new analysis suggests those requirements won't enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance. The researchers conducted a review of studies on work requirements…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (275+ words) The Juneau Assembly will vote Monday night during a regular meeting on whether to turn the city's cold weather emergency shelter into a year-round operation. Right now, it's only open from mid-October through mid-April." The shelter is located inside a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (791+ words) Juneau's cold weather emergency shelter, which was set to close for the season next week, is turning into a year-round operation. The Juneau Assembly unanimously approved an ordinance on Monday to make that change. The aim is that opening the…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (766+ words) The Alaska Office of Children's Services has struggled with staffing for years, from high vacancies and turnover to high caseloads. And data shows caseworker demographics also don't line up with the state's, or the system's children. According to the 2023 progress…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (727+ words) Oil is no longer the No. 1 source of general-purpose state revenue in Alaska, but the higher wartime prices are expected to bring hundreds of millions of extra dollars to the state treasury. Last fall, the department's forecasters predicted $6 billion in…...