Information about lower rates comes as measles, once thought eliminated in the U.S., has spread among unvaccinated people, including an Anchorage child this month.
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Judge rules that Alaska may limit sales of intoxicating hemp products
The ruling may end a legal challenge that has persisted since 2023 and means those products are restricted to marijuana retailers here.
Alaska Legislature makes progress on aid package for ailing seafood industry
Bills intended to give incremental relief to fishers passed this session, while more substantive bills will be considered next year amid tough fiscal challenges.
Alaska state budget and other bills head to Gov. Mike Dunleavy
According to legislative records, the state’s operating, capital and mental health budgets were transmitted to the governor on Tuesday, giving the governor until June 19 to veto the bills or sign them into law.
Restraining order on Alaska bear cull to be in place until state fixes identified legal flaws
The department will be prohibited from conducting its planned bear cull in the Mulchatna caribou herd range until it corrects the legal flaws identified in a March 14 ruling issued by a different judge.
Alaska Legislature approves $5.5 million for child advocacy centers, fills federal funding shortfall
Alaska’s 20 centers were in limbo, facing a $5.5 million shortfall after federal grants were ended or cut, as well as uncertainty over whether operations and services would continue past June.