Alaska, which has the highest ratio of males to females of any state, is often viewed by people in the Lower 48 as macho man territory. But since Angela Rodell was named CEO of the Alaska Permanent ...

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The Alaska House Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced a draft operating budget with a roughly $3,800 Permanent Fund dividend. For a decade, the annual PFD check has been part of the Legislature’s ...

Eligible Alaskans have until Tuesday to submit their 2026 Permanent Fund Dividend applications, and people in Anchorage are making last-minute trips to the downtown PFD office to get their paperwork ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

A governor who spent two terms cutting services to preserve Alaskans’ oil-funded annual checks is leaving office. Voters must now decide what comes next for the state’s faltering fiscal model. A ...

As cash transfer programs expand across the United States, critics often warn that giving people money could spark reckless behavior, leading to injuries or even deaths. But a sweeping 11-year ...

Some Alaska lawmakers differ with Gov. Mike Dunleavy about how to tackle the state's $5.5 billion deficit. Processing Content Three speakers — all Republicans, like the governor — parted ways with ...

A claim made in a recent op-ed by the Anchorage Daily News editorial board is just wrong and requires correction. The claim surfaces in the midst of the board’s Jan. 31 op-ed on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s ...

As a Green Party candidate who has qualified to run for U.S. senator in Alaska’s August 2026 primary, I am not reluctant to say that I am a communist. I say this not out of nostalgia or ideological ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has proposed a 4% statewide summer sales tax, effective through 2034, as part of his plan to bring Alaska’s state revenue and expenses in line for the long term. If adopted, the ...