May 8 By Alex DeMarban An official with a union that represents a number of blue-collar workers with the state of Alaska, the municipality of Anchorage and other entities said a mailer issued by the Dave Bronson campaign sends an incorrect message that the union…

May 8 By Jeff Barker Congressional Democrats are launching a concerted push on behalf of an ambitious voting rights and campaign reform bill sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland that backers say is urgently needed because voter access is being threatened around the country….

May 8 By Patrick Strickland On Saturday, protesters and rights groups plan to gather at the steps of the Texas Capitol and rally against a controversial voting bill the state House passed on Friday morning. Organized by rights groups and advocacy organizations, the protest will…

May 7 By Bill Soul With the winter snowpack melting away, days growing longer and temperatures heating up, wildland fire season in Alaska has arrived. To help raise awareness, Governor Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed May 9-15 as “Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week in Alaska.”…

May 7 By David Jackson As Mike Pence discussed his tenure as vice president with about 500 religious Republicans, some listeners couldn’t help but wonder if they were seeing a preview of coming attractions. “I said to my husband, ‘Did you think this was a…

May 7 By Morgan Watkins Agreement could be reached within weeks on a path for Washington and Tehran to resume compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal if Iran made the political decision to do so, a senior US State Department official said on Thursday,…

May 6 By Annie Berman COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending down in Alaska — but not in Fairbanks, which is now experiencing its worst coronavirus outbreak so far since the pandemic began. The Interior region’s recent surge in cases — and now hospitalizations —…

May 6 By Becky Bohrer Facebook may have hoped that life in Washington would get easier after its appointed oversight board ruled on former US president Donald Trump’s fate on the social network. Instead, it is facing a whole new round of censure, especially from…

May 5 By Michelle Theriault US Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that Washington “must respond” to attacks by El Salvador’s leadership on the independence of its judiciary, and more broadly to the corruption that plagues Latin America. “This weekend, we learned that the Salvadoran…

May 5 By James Brooks The Alaska House of Representatives has postponed a key vote on Alaska’s state operating budget after Republican members objected to a schedule that would have cut off debate. The budget was removed from the desks of the 40-member House late…

May 5 By Nick Danby Although in the last five or six years there seems to have emerged a so-called new consensus on China within the United States, particularly following the 2017 Trump administration’s National Security Strategy report, in reality there are still major disagreements…

May 4 By Becky Bohrer Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday proposed letting Alaska Native Vietnam War veterans exchange promised federal land allotments that many say are not available in their cultural regions for state lands. Details would need to be worked out through the…