Juneau Independent

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, in Anchorage, described federal investment in the Ambler Road as a smart financial move that could help unlock mineral resources.

Alaska’s lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives talks about a variety of issues after his speech to the state Legislature.

Long planned, the pipeline and accompanying infrastructure would be the biggest natural gas project in American history — and possibly the most expensive.

Chief Sean Case addressed questions raised by the national series and said recent policy changes, outreach and coordination are helping the department improve MMIP investigations.

Officials with the Alaska National Guard said plans to deploy a trained rapid response force this month to support federal authorities in Washington D.C. has been pushed back to May.

House lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the proposal at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, with big spending from savings possible.

New lawsuit says leading companies failed — in thousands of cases — to get charities’ permission before trying to raise money in their names.

Wind and snow whipped at Kotzebue preacher Rusty Dimmick and three travelers as they stood in a circle holding hands. The travelers, all from the Northwest Arctic, planned to drive over 600 miles to dozens of remote villages across Western Alaska by snowmachine, educating rural residents about voting.

Environmental plaintiffs say the administration’s decision to revoke decades-old protections for land around the trans-Alaska pipeline violates several laws.

Corrections officials pointed to ballooning costs for staffing the state’s 13 prisons and medical care for inmates, and recommended a new task force or consultant to address budgeting.

Billionaire investor John Paulson made a splash in Alaska’s mining industry last year when he paid $800 million for a 40% stake in the huge Donlin gold project.

Here’s what’s happening in the Alaska Capitol and elsewhere across the state.