Public-sector workers and lawmakers rallied in front of the Capitol this Valentine’s Day to, according to organizers, “show some love” for state and local employees.

Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle said creating a cabinet-level agriculture department would force the state to focus on growing the agriculture sector on a long-term basis.

Fairbanks Republican Rep. Will Stapp introduced a bill Tuesday asking the Legislature to designate the Nanuqsaurus as Alaska’s state dinosaur.

Carney spent part of her first State of the Judiciary address responding to concerns over delays in court proceedings highlighted in recent news stories from the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica.

Returning the state's workforce to a pension plan was a major campaign issue for the largely Democratic House and Senate coalition majorities.

“The state of Alaska is probably facing its largest fiscal problem … in 30 years,” said Sen. Lyman Hoffman.

Members of the Alaska Senate voted 19-0 against the proposal.

Alaska is one of three states that requires restaurant servers to be 21 in order to serve alcohol. The bill now heads to the state House.

The plaintiffs challenge homeschoolers’ use of state funding for tuition at private and religious schools and seek to add the districts as defendants after a state Supreme Court ruling last year.

Trump issued the order renaming Denali after President William McKinley on his first day back in office. The decision sparked an uproar across Alaska.

The state faces a nearly $200 million deficit to maintain essentially status-quo spending, leaving lawmakers with hard choices: reduce spending, raise revenue, cut the dividend, or draw from savings.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy convened a group of key lawmakers from the House and Senate to hammer out a compromise education funding bill that would avoid a veto.