The state invested $4 million to combat food insecurity at the end of 2025. Since then, the Food Bank of Alaska has worked with partners to deliver food boxes to Alaskans in need.
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Alaska’s only dedicated queer health care clinic is closing
Identity Alaska’s Anchorage clinic will end patient care this month. They’re closing their doors because of financial and logistical pressures.
Coast Guard says two new icebreakers will be homeported somewhere in Alaska
Which ports is yet to be decided, but the announcement adds a feather to the cap of Sen. Sullivan as he runs for reelection.
Trump appoints Alaska governor to a seat on U.S. Arctic Research Commission
This is the first time a sitting governor has served on the commission, which promotes Arctic research and advises on funding priorities.
$248 million draft of Senate capital budget would shore up schools and state facilities
About $100 million of the draft budget would go toward catching up on deferred maintenance at facilities around the state.
Alaska House rejects Senate effort to impose corporate taxes on Hilcorp
It was the House’s first floor vote in this two-year Legislature on a major oil and gas tax measure — and a moment illustrating a major disagreement between two Democrat-heavy bipartisan coalitions.