Alaska is no stranger to the boom-bust cycle of oil. The government spends more freely on infrastructure and other projects ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he would veto the education bill if it’s not amended. Lawmakers are considering what comes next if ...

Hawaii is the state with the highest tax burden, meaning the state with the highest proportion of residents' income going to state and local taxes, new analysis shows. In a report published on April 1 ...

This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The features in ...

A second child, who was unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, died from measles in Texas on April 3.

With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation ...

Alaska needs a permanent foundation for its fiscal house, built with business and personal taxes and hard spending decisions.

The 100 or so year-round residents of Northwest Angle, Minn., are closely watching the Canada-U.S. trade war and threats of annexation. Outside of Alaska, it’s the only part of the United States ...

According to federal data analyzed from February 2024 to February 2025, Alaska led the country with a 3.93 percent drop in ...

Local communities and states decide whether to adopt building code documents ... produce the National Seismic Hazard Model. These maps, based on research into earthquake sources such as faults and how ...

Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give ...

This sudden rewriting of the nation’s map — done to “restore American greatness ... over the opposition of Republican politicians in Alaska. The state Legislature passed a resolution a few days later ...