Amid a severe state budget deficit, the Alaska Senate Finance Committee is proposing the lowest Permanent Fund dividend in ...

GSC placed second overall in the combined boys’ and girls’ team scoring with a total of 3,089 points. First place was Chugiak ...

According to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, with cuts to Social Security and Medicare off the table ...

Juneau Assembly members moved toward a $10 million school projects bond and a 5% hike in utility rates for each of the next five years, away from a bond to fund utility projects, and stalled on a ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire from archived editions in 1985, 1995, and 2005. The stories include names, AP ...

When my mother was dying of the breast cancer that had spread to her brain, she lost functionality in ways I didn’t expect. She would start the motion of bringing her fork to her mouth when she was ...

Juneau’s 5% sales tax on groceries is among the highest in the nation. Almost every other state either doesn’t tax groceries at all, or taxes them at a far lower rate. This is a regressive and ...

A breakthrough agreement by the Alaska Legislature on an education bill that includes the first major permanent funding ...

Education commissioner tells school districts to support governor’s policy goals or risk losing funds.

A traditional Alaska Native foods distribution of herring roe and salmon to communities in Southeast Alaska and elsewhere is on hold due to the Trump administration cancelling a $513,000 federal grant ...

Why have Juneau city leaders supported an extensive list of municipal sales tax exemptions over the years, but are unable to ...

Correction: The headline and article have been corrected to reflect the fact that Alaska is the first state to require ...