Juneau Independent

Alaskans weighed in from across the state, testifying to lawmakers that despite a funding increase last year, school districts are still facing huge budget shortfalls and urgently need additional state support.

Ruling pauses a Trump administration reversal of a Native lands right-of-way agreement, with implications for a pending oil and gas lease sale.

Two lawsuits over oil development in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska claim the Trump administration overstepped its authority by opening once-protected areas to development.

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

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.