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The bill seeks to expand existing state law around CSAM to also prohibit AI-generated CSAM, which is currently only prosecuted by federal law enforcement.

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is the third Democrat to enter the race to replace incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

A shift in state funding could help, but a big gap likely remains unless a key federal grant is issued Cars drive aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Hubbard on June 25, 2023, in Haines. (Photo by James Brooks) By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Alaska’s state ferry system is at risk of a partial or total shutdown this summer due to the failure of the federal government to issue a key annual grant. “Currently right now, we have a shortfall in our budget,” said Dom Pannon

Alaska children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing would be guaranteed a local education under a proposal passed unanimously by the Alaska House of Representatives on Monday.

HB 93 seeks to mirror most Permanent Fund dividend residency requirements and apply them to fish and game entry requirements.

New mainline ship would sail the longest, most remote state ferry route in the United States, with a range of 4,000 nautical miles.

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

The Trump administration has denied Alaska’s request for full reimbursement for disaster relief efforts immediately following last October’s devastating Western Alaska storms, despite the Dunleavy administration’s claim that the federal disaster declaration meant the state would be fully reimbursed.

As directed by a court ruling, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is starting to craft a supplemental environmental impact statement for the Donlin Gold mine.

Chronic absenteeism has remained high since the COVID-19 pandemic, but the reasons for why students are missing class are difficult to define and vary widely across the state.

The Alaska state House’s ethics committee has launched an investigation into whether Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance illegally used state resources when she successfully pushed the local newspaper to remove and revise a story.

University’s Institute of Social and Economic Research analyzed the side effects of various taxes and cuts being considered for a long-term state budget-balancing plan Rep. Kevin McCabe, R-Big Lake, reads a document entitled “Alaska’s Fiscal Options” while listening to a presentation by the Institute for Social and Economic Research of the University of Alaska Anchorage on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at Centennial Hall. (James Brooks photo/Alaska Beacon) By James Brooks Alaska B