House Speaker Bryce Edgmon and Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel say the 'one big beautiful bill' approaching a Senate vote threatens Alaskans' way of life.

Backers said the bill would protect Alaskans from predatory loans. Opponents said it would unnecessarily restrict borrowing for people with few other options.

DeVries, a conservative Republican, filed a letter of intent to run for governor June 12.

Backers of the bill say it’s an effort to get to the bottom of why certain types of oil tax revenue have fallen precipitously in recent years.

Dunleavy cited low oil prices as the reason for the veto, but local leaders — from superintendents to mayors to state lawmakers — say it threatens to push young families to seek opportunity elsewhere.

The reduction in education funding is one of more than $100 million in budget reductions Dunleavy made using his line-item veto power.

Alaska’s schools have consistently lagged near the bottom in national rankings. A legislative task force will study funding levels and education policy ideas in an effort to improve.

The Northern Journal also found most state lawmakers disinterested in the topic of changing the limited-entry system.

Lawmakers want to know if the state is getting taxes it is owed from oil and gas companies.

Alaska’s Legislature adjourned last week without addressing an issue that many residents of coastal, Native villages see as urgent: expanding access to commercial fishing careers.

What did lawmakers pass this year and what was left on the table for the second half of the 34th legislature?

What did legislators accomplish this year and what was left for the second session?