While many school districts across Alaska are facing severe budget shortfalls, several bills to provide a sustained increase ...

A long-debated bill to reform Alaska's retirement benefits for public employees has cleared the Senate Finance Committee, setting it up for a floor vote before the end of the legislative ...

According to Jennifer Schmitz, director of the Alaska Educator Retention and Recruitment Center, 20 school districts in ...

A new provision added to bill that would return Alaska government employees to a pension system has some local governments ...

A new version of the state spending plan eliminates the need to draw from savings by shrinking the size of the annual payout ...

With only four weeks left of the legislative session, the Senate Judiciary Committee has merged several bills into a ...

A new Alaska Survey Research poll shows Democrat Mary Peltola ahead of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, 49.1% to 42.5%, in a state long dominated by the GOP. The race, shaped by ranked-choice voting and ...

The Alaska Senate on Tuesday advanced a constitutional amendment that would lower the threshold for veto overrides of spending decisions. The Alaska Constitution currently has two thresholds to ...

Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, speaks during a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (James Brooks photo/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Senate on Wednesday advanced a ...

US Senate Race in Alaska Now in Play ...

Restoring a pension option for educators can strengthen recruitment, improve retention and help young Alaskans build futures ...

The Alaska Senate Resources Committee moved a substitute version of a bill on Monday that reduces Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed tax incentive for the Alaska liquefied natural gas pipeline project.