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 ...

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

“Fund people not the PFD” was the plea on the sign of a protester pleading for more child care funds outside the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday. But legislative leaders inside the building say both ...

Back in November 2024, following the election, I noticed that the Pride flag displayed prominently in the window of KTOO was ...

This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2024 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled ...

Even with the Senate’s cuts, preliminary figures show that the operating budget — when combined with other budget bills — ...

Gruening admits that even “marginalized groups” like those of us who seek to limit cruise ship traffic, have the right to ...

An education bill with newly added policy provisions as well as a $700 increase in per-student funding was quickly advanced ...

Smoking has steadily declined in Alaska over the past decades, evidence that coordinated health campaigns mounted over ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

The parent company of Alaska Airlines reported a higher-than-expected financial loss during the first three months of 2025 ...