Andrew Kitchenman

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Andrew Kitchenman

Sen. Forrest Dunbar, D-Anchorage, speaks on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Dunbar sponsored a resolution asking the state's congressional delegation to oppose Medicaid cuts. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)The Alaska Legislature has voted to urge the state’s congressional delegation to oppose cuts to Medicaid, as the state faces a potential annual loss of $194 million in federal spending and tens of thousands more uninsured residents.

2 months ago | frontiersman.com | Andrew Kitchenman

As Alaska faces economic shocks from a tumbling stock market and an unstable oil market, leaders of the state House of Representatives are appealing to minority-caucus members and Gov. Mike Dunleavy to help balance the budget. “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re all in a pickle,” House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham said in a news conference on Tuesday. “It’s not just the House majority: It’s the House minority; it’s the governor; it’s the Senate majority; it’s the Senate minority.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Andrew Kitchenman

Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, speaks at a House majority news conference, April 8, 2025, in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. Rep. Chuck Kopp, R-Anchorage; Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage; Edgmon; and Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, are seated left to right. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, speaks at a House majority news conference, April 8, 2025, in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. Rep. Chuck Kopp, R-Anchorage; Rep.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Andrew Kitchenman

The front of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau is seen on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)Visitors to the state Capitol in Juneau will have to go through a metal detector under a policy adopted on Monday. The Capitol visitor screening policy was approved in a 9-4 vote by the Legislative Council, a body made up of members from both the House and Senate that sets the rules for the Capitol complex.

Feb 18, 2025 | lucianne.com | Andrew Kitchenman

Original ArticlePosted By: sunset, 2/18/2025 11:34:53 PMLess than four months after Alaska voters rejected a ballot measure to repeal Alaska's ranked choice voting and open primary system, the state's lieutenant governor has OK'd a new petition-gathering effort to repeal the system. Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced on Monday that she had approved certifying that the proposed ballot measure was in the proper form. This allows the sponsors to begin gathering signatures.