Interior

Because the state government has a $4 billion deficit, some lawmakers have suggested drawing money from the fund to pay for other state costs.

Natural factors are credited with growing the moose population in the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

A joint session of both houses voted 31-27 to confirm Hopkins to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation board.

The conference committee voted five to one to adopt the House version of the university budget, which cuts $35 million more than the $15 million cut proposed by Governor Bill Walker.

The concept arose from a concern over Senate Bill 210, which would reduce the amount that municipalities receive in revenue sharing.

The bill would divert nonviolent offenders from prison toward alternative programs. It shifts the focus of bail from people’s ability to pay to the risk they present.