Juneau Independent

The Alaska Legislature will hold a public hearing Thursday afternoon on election-related ballot initiatives. The Division of Elections certified three ballot initiatives that will be on Alaskans’ ballots in November.

One electric utility executive says diesel prices could double this year.

Proposed spending plan contains a one-time funding boost for schools and millions for disaster relief, transportation and public assistance programs, among others.

Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola, who is mounting a high-profile challenge to Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, announced on Monday that her campaign raised $8.9 million in the first quarter of the year, a record for any U.S. Senate campaign in Alaska.

The Alaska Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that would grant back Permanent Fund dividends to Alaskans whose convictions are vacated, reversed or dismissed.

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

President Donald Trump on Friday called on Alaska voters to repeal ranked choice voting at the November election.

Access to salmon is highly charged in Alaska as it is tied to jobs, food security and culture. Trawling has been cited as one cause of a salmon collapse. Bills to end trawling in state waters are the latest chapter in a long-running and heated debate.

Funding for the bill relies on war-driven oil prices staying high through the remainder of the fiscal year.

The chief of staff for a member of the Alaska House of Representatives was arrested early Sunday morning in Juneau and accused of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Steve Meyer has served on the board since 2016, and is up for appointment for a third five-year term.

A half-century ago, the Indigenous Tsimshian village of Metlakatla, in Southeast Alaska, preserved its reservation when others in Alaska were terminated. Today, the reserve sustains a thriving fishing industry — and the tribe is fighting in court to expand its territory.