The focus is it flooded two years in a row on the same day,” Katie Kachel, a lobbyist hired by the City and Borough of Juneau for federal issues, said Thursday. “We’re no

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing legislation that would shorten the window for early voting in statewide elections and make other changes to the way elections are conducted. The bill would require all mail ballots to be received by the Division of Elections by Election Day,

The first day always involves more pomp and circumstance than legislating, and this time was no exception — but senators offered some clues about the road ahead.

JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday that he would seek out a conversation with President Donald Trump about his decision to rename Denali, the tallest mountain in the U.S. Trump ordered on Monday to change the name of the peak to Mount McKinley.

House and Senate leaders say a bill that increases education funding is likely to be a first priority for the Legislature this year.

Future 49, with proponents from civilian pilots to Gov. Mike Dunleavy, is primed to launch to promote Alaskan issues and its energy, economic and national security benefits to the U.S.

With aligned majorities in the House and Senate, priorities are set to include education funding, public pensions and election reform.

Several lawmakers also submitted elections-related bills as part of prefiled legislation ahead of the start of the session.

They include teachers, fishermen, pilots, a hunting guide, realtors, engineers, attorneys, veterans, a pharmacist, a medical doctor, a physician assistant, a nurse, a shopkeeper, an insurance broker and a professor.

A new nonprofit called The Alaska News Coalition is working to help independent, local news organizations stay in business. Late one night in January, a reporter sat working on the floor of an orange building in Haines.