The Alaska Senate has passed a bill that would allow physician assistants with sufficient training to practice under an ...

At the Alaska Beacon, we’re constantly trying to figure out where we should put our attention. There’s always more news than there are people to report it. Every Thursday, the Alaska Legislature ...

The bill would remove the state’s current requirement that all physician assistants work under a formal collaborative ...

When the UA Board of Regents backs away from inclusion, it sends a message about who belongs in our classrooms — and who doesn’t.

Senate Republicans voted largely along party lines Wednesday to defeat a bipartisan war powers resolution to halt military ...

The new version strips out an unpopular sales tax and substantially rewrites the state's oil and gas tax code to extract more ...

Federal procurement law gives Native American tribes, Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs), and certain other Native organizations significant contracting preferences. These policies are rooted in the ...

A short-term increase in oil prices could help reduce the state's draw on savings, but lawmakers say they're not counting on ...

RCP co-founder Tom Bevan asked RCP senior elections analyst Sean Trende on Wednesday's podcast about Democrats' chances to ...

Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective ...

Maine Democrat Graham Platner has picked up another Senate endorsement in his bid to flip a key Senate seat blue.

Alaska public school students would be required to learn hands-only CPR under a proposal advancing through the state legislature. In a 19-0 vote on Wednesday, the Alaska Senate approved Senate Bill 20 ...