Legislators are expected to reduce this year's proposed Permanent Fund dividend in order to resolve a looming deficit.

A bill passed Monday by the Alaska House seeks to implement an upcoming ballot measure two years ahead of time.

The dark money restrictions were proposed as amendments to a bill that would restrict donations directly to candidates and ...

Medicaid typically does not offer help finding work, and when states do try to help, such efforts are limited.

Melissa Kearney, an economist who specializes in families and fertility, said there could be a link between homebuilding and ...

Ed Flanagan writes in a commentary that House Bill 161 runs counter to the clear intent expressed by the voters in passing an initiative.

The signs are intended to raise make the public more aware that alcohol consumption increases risks of certain types of ...

A technical error will force a Senate revote before the state House gets to vote on the education funding boost and send it ...

Statistics show dramatic declines in cigarette smoking and high interest in quitting those habits, but some health challenges ...

There is a growing need to address Alaska’s domestic energy shortfall, writes economist Brett Watson in a commentary for The ...

While it’s not uncommon for the feds to turn down some disaster requests, states say the denials have taken them by surprise.

A video of the site obtained by Northern Journal showed workers walking through an ankle-deep pool that one of them described ...