Several states have embraced an approach that leans heavily on phonics — relying on letter and rhyming sounds to read words.

Legislators are expected to reduce this year's proposed Permanent Fund dividend in order to resolve a looming deficit.

A bill passed Monday by the Alaska House seeks to implement an upcoming ballot measure two years ahead of time.

The dark money restrictions were proposed as amendments to a bill that would restrict donations directly to candidates and ...

Medicaid typically does not offer help finding work, and when states do try to help, such efforts are limited.

The signs are intended to raise make the public more aware that alcohol consumption increases risks of certain types of ...

Statistics show dramatic declines in cigarette smoking and high interest in quitting those habits, but some health challenges ...

Melissa Kearney, an economist who specializes in families and fertility, said there could be a link between homebuilding and ...

A technical error will force a Senate revote before the state House gets to vote on the education funding boost and send it ...

In a sale announced this week, Barrick Gold Corp., a prolific gold mining company, will give up its half of Donlin.

There is a growing need to address Alaska’s domestic energy shortfall, writes economist Brett Watson in a commentary for The ...

Ed Flanagan writes in a commentary that House Bill 161 runs counter to the clear intent expressed by the voters in passing an initiative.