Alaska could soon join the growing number of states calling for congressional term limits, thanks to a push from Rep. Frank Tomaszewski.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The new requirement, part of Senate Bill 15, will mandate signs stating: “Alcohol use can cause cancer, including breast and colon cancers.”
The House is proposing to spend from the Constitutional Budget Reserve, the state’s main savings account, to balance the budget.
The USDA has now cut nearly $800,000 in Alaska LFPA funding for 2025.
At the Noel Wien event, organizers set up a table with an empty chair, a photo of Sullivan and a water bottle, to which attendees directed their comments and questions.
The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that is aimed at adding $275 million to fund public schools starting this summer.
In a news release from Stapp's office, other Interior lawmakers voiced support for the project in order to avoid past incidents of "historically ‘snubbing’ of the Fairbanks community."
Ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Alaska Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III has declined to say that he suppor…
A voting error led one Alaska House of Representatives minority-caucus member on Wednesday to vote to move a public-school funding increase one step closer to passage.
Less than four months after Alaska voters rejected a ballot measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system, the state…
The following bills are being heard in committee this week in the Alaska House and Senate. Each item is listed with its House or Senate bill n…
The State of Alaska is exploring how to implement generative artificial intelligence to make state operations more efficient while protecting …
DOGE — the Alaska version — has made its debut.
A new proposal from Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy would require all sides of a conversation to consent before that conversation could be legally r…
With stamps of approval from the Alaska House of Representatives and Senate, the federal government will receive a petition to maintain the na…
Election reform is on the agenda this legislative session, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy, the Senate Majority Caucus and legislators proposing multiple provisions.
Alaska lawmakers hammered Dunleavy administration staff members over a long-delayed salary study last week, drawing on concerns that it could …
The Fairbanks school board is set to vote on whether or not to close five schools — Midnight Sun, Hunter, Salcha, Two Rivers and Pearl Creek — on Feb. 4
The resolution passed the Alaska House Monday and heads to the Alaska Senate today.
The Alaska Legislature will take up election reform proposals this session, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy introducing a bill through the House, and …
A bill proposing a permanent increase to public education funding in Alaska is expected in the next week as state lawmakers gaveled in Tuesday…
For the first time in eight years, the Alaska Legislature has opened its two-year session without a deadlock in its lower chamber.
President Donald Trump’s picks to lead major executive branch departments were grilled by U.S. Senate members, including Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan of Alaska.
Twenty-one bills from nine legislators were released Friday morning in advance of the start of the 34th Legislature. Interior legislators did …
Seventy six bills from approximately 28 lawmakers were released Friday morning prior to the start of the 34th Legislature. Here’s a look at so…
Interior legislators are focused on finding solutions to energy and education issues during the upcoming legislative session, several legislat…
The Alaska Division of Elections released further results late Tuesday night that solidified a win in at least one Interior race and furthered…
Bipartisan coalitions will take control of both the Alaska House and Alaska Senate in the 34th Alaska Legislature following the general electi…
Unofficial election night results showed precincts in Senate District P favoring Democrat Scott Kawasaki and Republican Mike Cronk leading in …
Voters, candidates and poll workers are scattered across the Fairbanks North Star Borough for Election Day.
Eric Hafner is running a unique campaign for the Alaska U.S. House of Representatives seat.
Fairbanks business owner John Wayne Howe, who chairs the Alaska Independence Party, is making a bid for Alaska’s sole U.S. House of Representa…
Rep. Mary Peltola seeks to retain her role as Alaska’s sole U.S. House of Representatives seat. The Democratic incumbent made history as the f…
Alaska businessman Nick Begich III is making his second run for Alaska’s sole Alaska U.S. House of Representatives seat. A staunch Republican,…
Robert “Bert” Williams is running to represent Senate District R with the Alaskan Independence Party.
House District 36 Republican Representative Mike Cronk wants to be a voice for rural Alaska in Senate District R.
Savannah Fletcher is running to represent Senate District R as an undeclared candidate.
Candidates for House Districts 34, 35 and 36 fielded questions at a Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce forum Tuesday afternoon.
Leslie Hajdukovich is a fifth-generation Alaskan running to represent Fairbanks in Senate District P.
Scott Kawasaki is running for reelection to represent Fairbanks in Senate District P.
Delta Junction area resident Pamela Goode, a former legislative aide, is running to represent the large House District 36.
Goldstream Valley resident Brandon “Putuuqti” Kowalski, a Democrat, is running for House District 36.
Rebecca Schwanke, a small business owner, wildlife consultant and former state wildlife biologist, is running to represent House District 36, …
Ruben McNeill is the Republican candidate for Alaska House District 35, which includes west Fairbanks, Ester and the Chena Ridge area.
Incumbent Democrat Ashley Carrick is running for reelection to Alaska House District 35, which includes west Fairbanks, Ester and the Chena Ri…
Incumbent Republican Frank Tomaszewski is running for reelection to Alaska House District 34.
Republican Joy Beth Cottle, a captain with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Fire Department (UFD), is running to represent Alaska House Dist…
State Rep. Mike Prax is running to represent Alaska House District 33, which includes the Badger Road area, North Pole and Moose Creek.
Former corrections officer Gary Damron, a Democrat, is seeking to represent Alaska House District 32, which includes East Fairbanks and Fort W…
The candidates for two Interior Senate seats have raised more than half a million dollars during their respective campaigns.
State Rep. Will Stapp is seeking reelection to Alaska House District 32, an office he has occupied since 2022.
Bart LeBon is a Republican candidate running for Alaska House District 31. He previously served two terms in the House from 2019 to 2023, as w…
Candidates running for two Interior Senate seats have raised more than half a million dollars during their respective campaigns, according to …
State Rep. Maxine Dibert is seeking a second term in the Alaska Legislature for House District 31.
Among 11 Interior candidates looking to fill five Alaska House of Representatives seats, there is one who has seen more campaign contributions…
Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III is a millionaire, a successful businessman, and co-owner of a company that has produced books …
Education, energy, retirement systems, Ballot Measure 1 and outmigration were all on the docket.
A group opposing the ranked choice voting repeal initiative, No on 2, has raised more than $12 million, according to its latest financial disc…
U.S. House of Representatives candidates incumbent Democrat congresswoman Mary Peltola and Republican challenger Nick Begich discussed taxes, …
Tuesday’s debate was largely cordial and included an at-times-technical discussion of fisheries policy.
Fairbanks North Star Borough voters have several upcoming opportunities to get to know Interior candidates for Alaska House and Senate as well…
News-Miner reporters are scattered around the Fairbanks North Star Borough for Election Day talking with voters and candidates.
Over 900 absentee ballots and an unknown number of question ballots remain uncounted.
Early voters capitalized on the last day to do so as a steady line filled the polling location at Shopper’s Forum Mall in Fairbanks Thursday evening.
Aaron Crook is running for Fairbanks City Council Seat B.
Valerie Therrien is running for Fairbanks City Council Seat B.
Arctic expert Micheal Sfraga is officially the first person to serve as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs after the U.S. Senate conf…
Jerry Cleworth is running for reelection to Fairbanks City Council Seat A.
Sean MacDonald is running for Fairbanks City Council Seat A.
The four candidates running for Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education took some tough and topical questions last wee…
Larry Terch, a local realtor and sitting North Pole City Council member, is seeking to become the city’s next mayor.
HEALY — There are no surprise candidates for the upcoming municipal elections in the Denali Borough.
Santa Claus is running unopposed for North Pole City Council.
Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly candidates discussed taxes, energy, housing and economic development at a forum hosted by the Greater Fa…
Ellen Glab is running unopposed for North Pole City Council.
Candidate Profile: Jack Wilbur is running unopposed for Seat A on the Interior Gas Utility (IGU) Board of Directors.
Candidate profile: Sherri Wall is running unopposed for Interior Gas Utility Board of Directors Seat B.
Candidates in five races fielded questions Friday night during a forum at the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly Chambers.
A state judge will rule as soon as today whether a man imprisoned in New York state will remain a candidate for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed four bills into law Thursday relating to trapping cabins, the transfer of the Alaska Railroad in Nenana, big game hu…
Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a contraceptive insurance bill Wednesday that would have required insurance companies to cover up to a year’s supply…
The Alaska Division of Elections released the official results of the Aug. 20 Primary Election on Sunday, cementing who will be on the ballot …
Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom is withdrawing from the race for the state’s lone U.S. House seat, she announced Friday via social media.
A ballot measure that could repeal Alaska’s ranked choice election system is headed to a vote in November, the Alaska Supreme Court confirmed …
Alaska’s voters will go to the polls today to decide who will be on the ballot in November.
Polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, with elections results scheduled to be certified by Sept. 1.
Ahead of Alaska’s Aug. 20 primary election, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola continues to hold a fundraising advantage against her …
Voter turnout ahead of Alaska’s Aug. 20 primary election is down from the past two elections but is running ahead of what it was in 2018 and 2…
Peltola defined her first term as “having a lot of big wins for Alaska,” the approval of the Willow oil project among them.
Alaska’s largest labor union is endorsing U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, for a second term.
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president in this year’s elections, has endorsed Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstro…
A broken boat engine is causing former Republican Rep. Bill Thomas to cancel his plans to challenge Democratic Rep. Andi Story for a state Hou…
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has secured enough signatures to qualify for Alaska’s ranked-choice ballot co…
For the first time in the country’s 247-year history, a former U.S. president is guilty of felony charges.
In the last days of their two-year session, Alaska lawmakers passed dozens of bills on topics ranging from Juneteenth to carbon dioxide.
The Alaska Legislature passed a bill Friday that would grant temporary permits to nurses with lapsed Alaska licenses.
The Alaska Legislature passed a bill Thursday that would require insurance companies to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives and t…
A state Senate committee on Thursday voted to advance a bill that would allow same-day voter registration in the state, despite the objections…
Bob Griffin drew questions and criticism for his stance on public education and views on spending taxpayers’ money on private education.
The Alaska House of Representatives voted Monday afternoon to authorize the sale of 188 acres of Alaska Railroad-owned land to the city of Nenana.
Legislation addressing youth voter preregistration, election processes and purging voter rolls is making its way through the Alaska Legislature.