Alaska Government News

Gov. Sean Parnell on Tuesday signed into law an overhaul of Alaska's oil tax structure, hailing it as part of an historic legislative package aimed at moving the state forward.

The Division of Agriculture is inviting the public to submit nominations for the 14th Annual Farm Family of the Year award that will be presented during the Alaska State Fair in August.

The 2013 recipients of the First Lady's Volunteer of the Year Awards were chosen by an executive committee of Alaskan community members.

The slow-moving disaster being visited on the village of Newtok is a familiar one in Alaska.

Continuing #WGDB's coverage of the beer business , craft brewers from across the country met with 11 Senate Democrats this week, including Mark Begich of Alaska and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

If you're planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition , it wouldn't hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to 2012 for extra inspiration: Not only did these extremely durable inflatable snowshoes impress AIC's judges, but they also caught the ... (more)

The past two weeks have been active ones at the State Agency Databases Project .

Snow in mid-May? It's not unheard of, but it has a lot of Alaskans saying enough is enough.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is distributing the money to Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington and will allocate the remainder as additional needs arise.

A view of the north side of the Pavlof Volcano erupting on Thursday taken by a pilot flying at 6,000 feet.

For many years, climate change has displaced millions in the developing world - and now America is seeing its first climate refugees .

On this edition of Su Valley Voice, KTNA's public affairs program, the topic is the abuse of vulnerable adults: the elderly and mentally ill.

Alaska Zoo officials say the cub named Kali will leave Tuesday for the Buffalo Zoo, and it's with a sad heart that Alaskans and the Alaska Zoo say goodbye.

The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg takes a fossil fueled trip to a remote Alaskan village to tell us recent global warming caused it to sink - but that's not the cause "America's First Climate Refugees" are actually a victim of a poorly executed previous government relocation program in 1959 and a change in ocean patterns in 1976.

The largest US state by total area, Alaska has an extremely varied topography ranging from volcanic islands to lakes and marshland, glaciers, rugged mountain ranges and flat tundra.

What are we doing Alaskans? The Susitna Dam project appears to be a "go" despite a huge constituent outcry.

Starting next week thousands of Alaskans will see their weekly unemployment insurance benefits shrink due to federal sequestration budget cuts.

Newtok is losing ground to the sea at a dangerous rate. Unless its population can be relocated in time, an entire community will cease to exist and the villagers will become America's first climate refugees A child plays in a flooded area of Newtok village.

Alaskans today have tremendous potential opportunities that can provide lasting benefits for decades to come.

Each Saturday, this feature links and excerpts commentary and reporting from a dozen progressive state blogs in the past seven days around the nation.