If you ask Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a lot of the state’s problems come back to the budget process. Every year, lawmakers gather in ...

The Alaska ferry system is at risk of running out of operating funds this summer because of a frozen federal grant program, ...

The Institute of Social and Economic Research at UAA analyzed the side effects of various taxes and cuts being considered for a long-term state budget-balancing plan.

Alaska’s fiscal regime does not serve the state well. Alaska has no broad-based tax, no binding spending limit, no revenue cap and no enforceable rules governing what happens with surplus revenues.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Alaska House of Representatives leave their chambers on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, the first day of the second session ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing to spend more than $1.8 billion from the state’s principal savings account to balance a first-draft spending plan that would cover Alaska’s response to recent ...

Ten years later, many of us are married. Some have children. Some moved out of state. A few ran for office and won. Some drifted politically. That is life. What is harder to accept is how familiar the ...

Alaska lawmakers opened the second year of their regular legislative session on Tuesday with an ambitious agenda but low expectations amid a tight budget that appears likely to draw the lion’s share ...

In his final year, Gov. Dunleavy again proposes to spend from savings in order to pay a larger Permanent Fund dividend Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing to spend more than $1.8 billion from the ...