Alaska Politics
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Alaska’s leading lawmakers hope they can start to solve some of the longstanding, fundamental issues that challenge the state by improving a simple but crucial aspect of their work next session:... Read more -
The Alaska Division of Elections on Nov. 4 declined to certify a petition to recall Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy from office, citing a legal opinion by the state attorney general. Proponents say they... Read more
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Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. leaders see it as a way to better meet the responsibilities lawmakers have laid out for them while also encouraging economic growth in the state. To many skeptics, it’s... Read more -
One day in 1955, the fledgling People’s Republic of China was unhappy about U.S. involvement with Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing considered its territory. So Premier Zhou Enlai wrote... Read more -
Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy has appointed Anchorage Republican Rep. Josh Revak to an Alaska Senate seat left vacant by the August death of Chris Birch. The seat is key to the state’s ongoing debate... Read more
National Politics
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Republicans have options to counteract the Obama administration’s move to pull Arctic waters from the federal offshore oil and gas lease plan, but they are far from immediate. -
Donald Trump’s election is generally viewed as a win for Alaska’s core resource industries, but whether or not it translates into better business in the Last Frontier will have much to do with his relationship with those on Capitol Hill.