Sport and personal use shrimp fisheries in the Juneau area will be closed starting Monday.
State Government
State keeps Medicaid expansion study secret
The state is keeping a tight lid on a study it commissioned last year on expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
Committee looking at state-run health insurance for school workers
Lawmakers are now trying to figure out what it would cost to implement a state-run health insurance program for public school employees.
With representation on decline, voting rights decision worries Native districts
Under federal law, Alaska was required to have five House and three Senate districts with large Native populations. With the Supreme Court striking down part of the Voting Rights Act, that requirement is gone.
Supreme Court decision affects Alaska
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a provision of the Voting Rights Act that requires states with a history of voter disenfranchisement– including Alaska –get federal approval before changing election laws.
Glacier Highway is officially a little bit longer
Juneau now has three more miles of road.