School districts across Alaska are making cuts to positions and programs this year, even with the funding increase approved by the Legislature.

The first session of the 34th Alaska State Legislature has ended. I am humbled by the opportunity to go to Juneau and work ...

Any serious effort to stabilize Alaska’s fiscal future must also focus on diversifying our economy and creating new ...

Before adjourning their regular session for the year, Alaska legislators passed 33 bills through both the House and Senate.

Lawmakers finished an operating budget and enacted new legal frameworks for childcare, interior design, and big game hunting.

The broad agreement between the Alaska House and Senate this session stands in stark contrast to lawmakers’ deepening ...

By executive order, President Donald Trump reinstated the Tongass National Forest Roadless Rule exemption, reversing action ...

Florida was the first state to pass a law regulating the use of cellphones in schools in 2023. Just two years later, more than half of all states have laws in place, with more likely to act soon.

The vote means that Alaska’s education funding formula will be permanently and significantly increased for the first time in ...

Alaska lawmakers have overridden Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of an education funding bill, marking the first successful override of ...

Legislators on Tuesday morning voted to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $180 million increase to the state’s $1.2 billion education budget.