Juneau Independent

The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday banning restaurants from providing food in polystyrene foam containers.

The state agency leading some of Alaska’s most polarizing development projects has approved a new communications budget, saying it needs to do a better job telling its own story amid attacks from critics.

The Alaska Senate advanced a resolution Monday to preserve three work visas to support Alaska’s economic security.

The Alaska Senate passed a bill Monday that would ban public schools in Alaska from serving certain food dyes in school breakfasts or lunches.

Candidates tell us what they pay for their health insurance, and how they'd tackle high costs in Alaska.

Multiple law enforcement agencies arrested seven people in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley last week on charges of sex trafficking after a yearlong investigation found that multiple massage parlors were fronts for criminal enterprises.

Sandy Snodgrass championed the passage of Bruce’s Law, named after her son, which expands funds and focus on overdose prevention education for youth.

The Trump administration could open federal waters off Alaska to mineral leasing, but the effort faces broad opposition.

Attendees of the Arctic Encounter Summit, held this week in Anchorage, took a break from heavy discussions about climate change, national security, shipping safety and other pressing concerns on Wednesday night to enjoy something more fun: high fashion.

Draft budget before the Senate adds $88 million for maintenance projects, including nearly $58 million for schools and $17 million for the university system.

For the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, which advises the president and Congress, security is the ‘overriding, overarching’ theme, the Trump-appointed chair says.

Four members of the multipartisan House majority caucus joined the all-Republican minority to vote down the tax proposal.