The Trump administration has pulled more than $2.7 billion in climate grants, hitting vulnerable communities the hardest.

Despite unfinished business in the Alaska Legislature, school districts across the state have reached the deadline to submit the operating budgets that will carry them into 2026. Most of the sprawling districts that serve the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta say they have already planned for the worst.

The withheld grants are aimed at instruction improvements, English language learning, and other areas.

The Alaska senator was among a few Republicans on the Appropriations Committee who objected to clawing back money for foreign aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Hoffman has served in the state Capitol, representing Southwest Alaska, since 1987. As he prepares to leave office, he said he thinks the state’s biggest unresolved issue is the affordability of living in Alaska, particularly with regard to the cost of energy.

On June 14, communities across Alaska took part in a national day of protest against the Trump administration. National organizers estimated that over five million protesters showed up to "No Kings" rallies.

Republicans can only afford to lose the votes of three GOP senators. Murkowski doesn’t like major elements of it. But how she’ll ultimately vote is unknown, even to the senator herself.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called the program a “lifesaver” for residents in Alaska when questioning Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about its future.

House Bill 57 would have increased the base public school funding by $700 per student. Lawmakers included several policy reforms in an effort at compromise.

After years of assessments, a major step forward in riverbank stabilization for the Kuskokwim Delta coastal community has been derailed by wide-ranging cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.