The Alaska Senate on Wednesday approved a draft $12.25 billion state operating budget and in the process, finalized legislative plans to offer public schools a one-time,...
Senate Finance Co-Chair Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, leads a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on Jan. 18, 2023 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. (Loren...
Leading Alaska legislators said on Tuesday that there’s little appetite for spending from savings to pay a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend this year, likely killing a...