In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at ...

Murkowski is a moderate with a history of bucking her party and Trump when she has felt it was the right thing to do.

Among the 60 state lawmakers who convened in Juneau this week are 11 who are serving in the Legislature for the first time.

Many Alaskans say they’ll never stop calling the mountain Denali. That name respects the Indigenous people who’ve lived in ...

The Senate reelected Kodiak Republican Sen. Gary Stevens to serve as president of the Senate and leader of a bipartisan ...

Dunleavy has repeatedly argued that development of Alaska's vast resources are critical for its future, and he's billed the ...

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be ...

With aligned majorities in the House and Senate, priorities are set to include education funding, public pensions and ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP ... But in 2021 she emphasized that she is “not a Trump Republican.” Alaska Republican Party Chair Carmela Warfield, in a statement Friday that did not mention Murkowski ...

Money’s going to be tight, but a permanent education funding increase rather than another one-time increase is among the essential achievements needed this session, state Senate leaders said as the ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

President Donald Trump’s expansive executive order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders.