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State legislators may or may not be home this week. The Legislature’s special session ended Friday, but Gov. Mike Dunleavy may keep them in Juneau to finish work on the state budget.

The end of legislative sessions is never pretty and the special session set to end Friday, June 18, may be ugly.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska legislative leaders have agreed to allow lawmakers to collect retroactively an allowance for the special session now nearing its end.

PALMER — Alaska Department of Transportation Highway Design Chief Jim Amundsen has a unique introduction anytime he speaks to the Mat-Su Borough Assembly. On June 15, Amundsen repeated his oft-uttered admission.

WASILLA — Families from all over the Mat-Su Valley converged on Crusey Street Urgent Care parking lot in Wasilla for the 10th Bike Rodeo event put on by Mat-Su Regional Medical Center and the Mat-Su Health Foundation.

As rescuers and search crews this week combed the more than 13-mile Pioneer Ridge trail region in search of missing hiker Fina Keifer, feared dead after reported bear encounters, many Alaskans turned to social media with a burning question: what’s…

WASILLA — Summer is in full swing and Wasilla Area Senior residents are happily attending to community gardens across the campus. Seniors can start growing their prized plants earlier and attend to their daily routines with greater ease thanks to…

WASILLA — Tasha Kahele and her family have been busy keeping up with customers lining up at the door since they opened the latest addition to their chain of Hawaiian restaurants in downtown Wasilla, Lei’s Poke stop.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both Republican and Democratic senators pressed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for answers Wednesday after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.

WASILLA — A local cancer support group, Just Us Girls Support, commonly referred to as J.U.G.S. for short, is gearing up for a major fundraising event designed to raise money for their cause while bringing local artists, vendors, and community…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A split federal appeals court panel has sent back for further legal review a 2019 decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw proposed restrictions on large-scale mining in Alaska's Bristol Bay region.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy labeled as “defective” the state spending package passed by lawmakers this week and said he was prepared to call them into another special session next week if they do not act before…

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska legislative leaders have agreed to allow lawmakers to collect retroactively an allowance for the special session now nearing its end.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black Americans rejoiced Thursday after President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday, but some said that, while they appreciated the recognition at a time of racial reckoning in America, more is needed to change policies that…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led House, with President Joe Biden's backing, passed legislation Thursday to repeal the 2002 authorization for use of military force in Iraq, a step that supporters said was necessary for Congress to reassert its constitutional duty…

Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.

Both Republican and Democratic senators pressed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for answers Wednesday after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily confirmed former Obama administration official Tommy Beaudreau as deputy secretary at the Interior Department on Thursday, a rare bipartisan moment in an increasingly bitter fight over President Joe Biden's policies on energy production and…

The end of legislative sessions is never pretty and the special session set to end Friday, June 18, may be ugly.

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the last weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of widespread 2020 election fraud that even his former attorney general declared without evidence, newly released emails…