The Alaska Marine Highway System is considering raising its rates for traveling aboard the state's ferries in order to deal with a pared down operating budget approved by lawmakers this spring.

Alaska’s oil and gas service companies launched a campaign May 13 urging voters not to sign petitions being circulated for a ballot proposition repealing Senate Bill 21, a bill passed by the Legislature modifying the state’s production tax on oil and gas, at least without learning more about the issue.

Anchorage could see another major construction project in the near future if the Gov. Sean Parnell approves a plan to add a residential housing facility at the Alaska Native Medical Center.

Gov. Sean Parnell is in New York meeting with banks and rating agencies about Alaska's budget and economic outlook.

JUNEAU (AP) — A proposal to have the state help pay to clean up abandoned federal well sites in the Alaska arctic is “dead on arrival,” U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday.

The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans.

The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

As the investigation into the IRS' targeting of conservative political groups widens, House Speaker John Boehner says he has a question: "Who's going to jail over this scandal?"

The good news is the budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago.