U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Rep. Nick Begich are building their campaign coffers as a national Democratic group eyes Alaska as a “district in play.”

March 13, 2016 - Palin’s husband, Todd, is seriously injured in a snow machine crash in Alaska. He is hospitalized for two weeks.

The state of Alaska has charged 10 Whittier residents with voter misconduct, asserting in a series of indictments filed April 3 that they voted illegally in a variety of recent elections because they were born in American Samoa and thus are American nationals and not citizens.

Moderate Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski made a chilling admission this week that she and other lawmakers are worried are retaliation for speaking out against some of the Trump administration’s

Larger businesses would be exempted from the requirement, and seasonal workers would not accrue sick leave, under changes to Ballot Measure 1 mandates.

Alaska is no stranger to the boom-bust cycle of oil. The government spends more freely on infrastructure and other projects when prices are high and shutters facilities or slashes costs when they are low. Lawmakers base spending off twice-a-year revenue outlooks pegged to oil price and production forecasts.