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Governor Parnell today (Monday) gave the public its first look at the budget that will be before the legislature during next year’s session.  He is proposing to spend four-point Seven Billion dollars in state general funds on operating expenses,  and three hundred nine million dollars on capital projects.   Continue reading →

Attorney General Daniel Sullivan this week issued new regulations making mostly procedural changes to the Executive Ethics Act.   Continue reading →

Former Anchorage Representative Ralph Samuels today (Tuesday) joined the 2010 race for the governor’s office.  Samuels says he wants to focus on the state’s economic future.  Continue reading →

Senator Mark Begich today (Tuesday) introduced an amendment to the Health Care legislation now before Congress that would expand a demonstration program offering support to small hospitals.  Continue reading →

Calling it a reality that all Alaskans have to face,  Governor Parnell today said Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault are an epidemic that too many people have to face.  And he made public a new initiative to fight the problem setting the goal of stopping the flood of cases — within a decade.  Continue reading →

As people in Western Alaska prepare for winter, one Alaskan has taken on a small goal – get help for one small community. So far, it’s working in Nunam Iqua … thanks to the internet.

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Tammie Wilson today (Tuesday) was named  to replace John Coghill in the state House District Eleven seat.  Coghill resigned earlier this month to fill a vacancy in the Senate. Continue reading →

Legislators today (Tuesday) began looking at the merit-based scholarship program proposed by Governor Parnell last month. Continue reading →

Eighty-seven communities in Alaska will get a budget boost from the federal government within the next week as the state mails out about fourteen million dollars in grants from the Government Services Fund.

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Federal gas pipeline coordinator Drue Pearce resigned her position this morning at the request of the White House. Continue reading →