After four months, lawmakers have finished their yearly legislative session. They passed dozens of bills and resolutions, a budget with a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend and teed up several proposals ...

Legislators finished the regular session one day early, an unusual — if not unprecedented — accomplishment in Alaska.

Florida was the first state to pass a law regulating the use of cellphones in schools in 2023. Just two years later, more than half of all states have laws in place, with more likely to act soon.

Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a shipping company’s motion for ...

The Alaska Legislature voted 46-14 on Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that provides a substantive, ...

Hours after the Alaska State Legislature voted to override Governor Dunleavy’s veto of HB 57, the Anchorage School Board gave their highest honor to teachers and members of district staff. As part of ...

The vote means that Alaska’s education funding formula will be permanently and significantly increased for the first time in ...

Montrose County School District will provide a summer food service program, for June 2 - Aug. 1 (except the week of June 30 - July 4). Curbside pickup of lunch, ...

A day after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed an education bill that would increase per-student funding from the state by $700 and implement a slew of policy changes, the Alaska Legislature successfully ...