April 18 By James Brooks During last week’s budget debates in the Alaska House of Representatives, Republican lawmakers stood and declared that the state of Alaska is under attack from the administration of President Joe Biden. No Democratic lawmakers disputed the claim. Now, as Alaska’s…

April 15 By Lisa Hagen President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he’s authorizing an additional $800 million in security assistance for Ukraine as the U.S. continues to step up its response and rhetoric about Russia’s invasion, including the president referring to it as “genocide.” Biden…

April 12 By James Brooks The leaders of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. will voluntarily answer questions from a special investigator appointed by the Alaska Legislature to investigate the abrupt firing of former Permanent Fund director Angela Rodell. A date for the interviews has not…

April 8 By Iris Samuels The U.S. Senate voted 53-47 Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, with Alaska’s two Republican senators split on the issue. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of three Republicans to vote in favor of confirming…

April 6 By James Brooks The Alaska House opened debate on the state’s annual operating budget Tuesday by repeatedly voting in favor of $2,600 payments to eligible residents this year. The payments would be a combination of a one-time $1,300 “energy rebate” and a Permanent…

April 5 By Susan Milligan It seemed like old times Tuesday at the White House, with Joe Biden and Barack Obama touting the Affordable Care Act to an appreciative audience of Democratic lawmakers and health care advocates. And former President Obama understands – really, no…

March 29 By Becky Bohrer A former state lawmaker and an orthopedic surgeon each announced plans Monday to run for Alaska’s U.S. House seat following the death of Republican Rep. Don Young. Republican former state Sen. John Coghill said he filed to run in the…

March 29 By David Gergen President Joe Biden’s speech Saturday in Warsaw at the conclusion of his European trip was the most significant of this war and probably of his presidency. It was surprisingly bellicose and hostile, especially in his stunning call for Putin’s overthrow….

March 24 By Susan Milligan It’s a question Biden and his press secretary get asked from time to time, and the answer is always a very predictable “yes.” Even if the 79-year-old Biden were privately planning to step aside after one term, it would be…

March 22 By Kevin Freking Rep. Don Young, the longest-serving Republican in House history, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on March 29, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday. Young’s office announced the congressman’s death in a statement Friday night. He was 88….

March 18 By Zaz Hollander, James Brooks Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s sweeping proposal to divide Alaska’s massive health department into two agencies via an executive order appears poised to go into effect this summer unless the Legislature makes a last-minute decision to meet in joint session…

March 16 By Lisa Hagen Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an emotional and personal appeal to Congress and President Joe Biden, invoking past deadly attacks against Americans like Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11 as he pleaded for more assistance to fend off Russian aggression. Members…