Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

With an eye toward furthering Alaska’s economic interests, Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, addressed the Alaska Legislature for ...

The 34th Legislature has been in session for about a month, with more than 200 bills introduced so far. Two of these bills (H ...

The Juneau School District’s Board of Education is doing a first reading of the district’s budget on Thursday evening.

The community gathered Tuesday for budget conversation after announcement of potential school closures. Read Story ...

The Alaska House on Monday unanimously advanced a measure intended to allow a state-owned corporation to finish building a new cruise ship dock in Seward. If approved by the Senate, House Bill 65 ...

Public-sector workers and lawmakers rallied in front of the Capitol this Valentine’s Day to, according to organizers, “show ...

A working group of legislators and Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s staff is set to meet again Tuesday to try to reach an education deal.

The following bills are being heard in committee this week in the Alaska House and Senate. Each item is listed with its House ...

As thousands of federal workers were being fired on Valentine’s Day by the Trump administration, a group of about 70 state ...

The measure, Senate Bill 11, would set up an Alaska Flood Authority and an Alaska flood insurance fund to supplant the Federal Emergency Management Agency’ s National Flood Insurance Program. The FEMA ...