The Legislature has a constitutional duty to address these vetoes. Article II, Section 16 of the Alaska Constitution states ...

Alaska is one of the last states to forbid prison inmates from regularly using tablet computers. House Bill 35, passed by the Legislature, would change that by instituting rules for tablet use.

The leader of the House Republican minority caucus, Rep. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, says it may be in the governor's interest ...

With school funding still uncertain, and less than a month to go in the Alaska legislative session, the Senate Finance ...

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature’s attorneys on Tuesday suggested that public homeschool programs can continue operating constitutionally with a relatively simple change in state law. Earlier ...

The Alaska Legislature adjourned its regular session on Tuesday, one day earlier than expected, after passing a “maintenance level” state budget that contains a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend ...

The Alaska Legislature passed Senate Bill 9 in 2022 after a decade of attempts to modernize ... Dec. 27—Major changes to Alaska's alcohol industry will come into effect Monday, ...

May 13—JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature is considering a comprehensive election reform measure with a suite of policies intended to make voting more accessible and secure, and to speed up when ...

The Alaska Legislature on Friday passed a major increase to K-12 education funding, worth $1,000 in the state’s per-student funding formula. Gov. Mike Dunleavy has indicated he will veto the ...

The Equal Pay and Living Wage Act (the Act), currently before the Alaska Legislature as Alaska Senate Bill 16, seeks several significant changes to Alaska’s minimum wage, pay equity and ...

Energy legislation was a high priority for members of the House and Senate, and lawmakers did pass two big energy bills, but they failed to complete work on a bill that would have reduced the ...

House Bill 35, passed by the Legislature, would change that by instituting rules for tablet use. The bill was encouraged as a means of rehabilitation and education for people in Alaska’s prisons ...