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Alaska state Rep. Maxine Dibert, D-Fairbanks, speaks Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives. (Photo by James Brooks, Alaska Beacon) HOW THEY VOTED In favor ...
The Alaska House of Representatives is asking the Trump administration and Canadian government to step back from a brewing trade war. In a 33-4 vote Monday, the House approved a resolution saying ...
The Alaska House of Representatives voted to cut its proposed 2025 Permanent Fund dividend by almost two-thirds on Friday as the House’s contentious budget process lurched another step forward.
The Alaska House of Representatives elected a temporary speaker on Thursday. Independent Representative Josiah Patkotak from Utqiagvik will preside over the House until there’s a permanent speaker.
The Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a $6.2 billion draft state operating budget, putting Alaska on track for a significant deficit in the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Members of the Alaska House of Representatives on Thursday voted to allow Alaska women to receive 12 months’ worth of birth control at a time from pharmacies. That’s up from 90 days, the ...
Alaska’s first-draft statewide spending plan is headed toward a vote in the Alaska House of Representatives. On Friday, members of the House Finance Committee voted without dissent to send the ...
The Alaska House of Representatives couldn’t conduct any business Wednesday when minority-caucus Republicans refused to attend a floor session. The mostly Democratic House majority didn’t have ...
On Monday, the Alaska House of Representatives is scheduled to begin debating a bill that would provide a big boost to K-12 public school funding.
While the gavels will call the special session back into business Tuesday, a largely empty hall with few legislators — at ...
The Alaska House of Representatives is asking the Trump administration and Canadian government to step back from a brewing trade war. In a 33-4 vote March 24, the House approved a resolution ...