The switch to inflation-adjusted salaries will automatically take effect after the next election unless lawmakers and the governor reject it.
Their total bill is now approaching a quarter-million dollars after a failed effort during the 2024 campaign season.
In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times
The Alaska Legislature will take up election reform proposals this session, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy introducing a bill through the House, and the Senate majority caucus planning to introduce its own reforms later this week.
As the process for ballot measures begins for the 2026 elections, several initiatives are underway for failed measures to return to ballot for a second chance.
Tokyo may include such a commitment among other concessions to reduce the $56 billion bilateral trade deficit and stave off the threat of tariffs.
Nearly 130 bills and resolutions were formally introduced on the first real work day this session for the Alaska State Legislature, including a proposal by Gov. Dunleavy establishing tribally operated public schools and a Juneau lawmaker seeking to make guessing snow accumulation a form of charitable gaming statewide.
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Dunleavy’s bill, which was introduced in the House and Senate on Wednesday, would also close in-person early voting five days prior to Election Day. More than 73,000 Alaska voted early in the most recent general election, including more than 15,000 who cast their early ballots in the five days preceding the election.
The Alaska Public Offices Commission issued its unanimous final order in the long-running case, fining the already-embattled groups another nearly $157,000.
Ado Machida, a Tokyo-based businessman who served on Trump's transition team after his 2016 election victory, said an offer by Japan to buy more LNG and support the Alaska LNG pipeline would be "probably the easiest" way to win over Trump.