The attempt to override Dunleavy's veto fell 10 votes short. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon said it foreshadowed difficult debates over the governor's forthcoming fiscal plan.

American Cruise Lines has pitched three communities on building new docks as it expands in Alaska. The company rescinded its offer in Haines amid community pushback.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday on the first day of the legislative session by the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and the Kuspuk School District.

Dunleavy plans to roll out more of his plan to stabilize the state's finances starting next week, he said during a televised Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

The organization claims the Office of Children’s Services has failed to provide funds for food and basics to older youth placed in shelters and dormitories.

Lawmakers have the next four months to act on a multitude of issues facing the state, from a possible gas pipeline to the perennial question of how the state will pay its bills.

Nonpartisan analysts say Mary Peltola has a fighting chance but that Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan has the edge in a state President Trump won handily.

A lengthy agenda awaits lawmakers when they return to the Capitol on Tuesday.

Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are at high risk of dying.

Alaska is set to receive $273 million per year for five years from the program, created as part of President Trump's spending- and tax-cut law passed this summer.