Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed a 4% statewide summer sales tax, effective through 2034, as part of his plan to bring ...

Gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson, a Republican former mayor of Anchorage, said Wednesday that he has selected Fairbanks financial adviser Joshua Church to be his running mate. Bronson is one of 14 ...

Alaska must pass legislation by 2027 to keep its full $1.36 billion in federal rural healthcare funding, but state officials ...

Juneau, Alaska’s capital, has been buried under record-breaking snowfall, turning daily life into a challenge for its 31,000 ...

In his final year, Gov. Dunleavy again proposes to spend from savings in order to pay a larger Permanent Fund dividend Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing to spend more than $1.8 billion from the ...

Text messages between Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and President Donald Trump. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) A couple of months ago, I was reporting on the typhoon that hit Western Alaska ...

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday on the first day of the legislative session by the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District ...

Alaska lawmakers will convene in Juneau on Tuesday for the second session of the 34th Legislature. Facing a tight revenue ...

WASHINGTON DC – Five US states, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska, and South Dakota, have proclaimed January 26, 2026, as ...

At the Alaska Beacon, we’re constantly trying to figure out where we should put our attention. There’s always more news than ...

Former Anchorage Sen. Tom Begich sees the role of Alaska’s governor as building consensus while prioritizing the state’s education, energy, mental health and long-term fiscal health. Begich, 65, ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing to spend more than $1.8 billion from the state’s principal savings account to balance a first-draft spending plan that would cover Alaska’s response to recent ...