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Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, is hitting back against billionaire conservatives David and Charles Koch.

While the budget is typically one of the last major pieces of legislation in play, the House Finance Committee was waiting to put its final touches on it, pending an agreement on additional education funding.

Robin Song updates the story of the wounded Northern Goshawk, and she tells of some memorable time spent with our big, white, impressive early migrants, the Trumpeter Swans.

Alaska Natives beat the drum during a protest in front of Sen. Lesil McGuire's Capitol office as her chief of staff, Brett Huber, in tie, prepares to address them.

Sunday marks the scheduled end of the 90-day session. It is also Easter. The House and Senate planned floor sessions starting in the afternoon, though the House Finance Committee planned to come in Sunday morning, to try to complete work on the capital budget, one of the last big pieces yet to be resolved.

Any rational person must marvel at the Democrats' Kafkaesque fetish for returning to Alaska's failed, economy-busting oil tax and their odd predilection for turning good news into sour milk.

Visiting Churches: Chris Thompson is an amateur Alaskan biblical scholar and student of religion, especially as it relates to popular culture.

U. S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan is the former Attorney General of Alaska and former commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources.

The Senate Finance Committee revised the education bill again Saturday then sent it to the Senate floor, one of the last big pieces of legislation left to resolve before lawmakers can pack up and leave the Capitol.

1993 -- Enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps. As a 2nd lieutenant, deploys to the western Pacific with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during the 1995 Taiwan Strait crisis.

On the day an avalanche struck Mount Everest and claimed the lives of at least 13 Nepalese guides, an Anchorage traveler was on a nearby peak.

Julia O'Malley writes a general interest column about life and politics in Anchorage and around Alaska.

A passenger whose disruptive behavior caused a commercial flight from Tokyo to New York to be diverted to Anchorage in February pled guilty to federal charges this week.

The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce will present the findings of the first comprehensive economic analysis on the impacts that Cook Inlet gas has on the Anchorage economy.

The U.S. attorney's office says in a Friday release that 56-year-old Amacio Zamora Agcaoili Jr. was indicted by a federal grand jury on 18 counts, including theft of government funds.

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A federal judge says defense attorneys in the Kodiak Coast Guard murder trial can't for now call a witness in custody on another case.

The Senate Finance Committee released a new version of the education bill Friday and its co-chairman, Sen. Pete Kelly, said parents should be happy with its funding for schools and "declare victory."

The Senate Finance Committee released a new version of the education bill Friday and its co-chairman, Sen. Pete Kelly, said parents should be happy with its funding for schools and "declare victory."

The National Society of High School Scholars today announced Saint Michaels University School student Laura Woods from Anchorage has been selected to become a member of the organization.