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The decision on sovereign immunity affects several of the state’s largest-private sector employers and could have broad implications.

The Alaska Supreme Court overturned a 20-year-old precedent Friday by ruling that Alaska Native tribal organizations can more easily receive the kind of sovereign legal immunity that individual tribes have. Friday’s 4-1 decision means the tribal consortiums that provide health care for tens of thousands of Alaskans — both Native and non-Native — are largely […] The post Alaska tribal health consortiums are legally immune in many cases, state Supreme Court says appeare...

The Alaska Supreme Court overturned a 20-year-old precedent Friday by ruling that Alaska Native tribal organizations can more easily receive the kind of sovereign legal immunity that individual tribes have.

Increasing use of remote hearings, other technology cited as long-term positives for efficiency.

The court’s 144-page opinion explained in detail why the justices believed Alaska Redistricting Board members engaged in unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering.

Daniel Winfree, in State of Judiciary days before retirement, warns about mixing politics and courts

Jude Pate is also the first justice to come from Southeast Alaska since 2013.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy could create the first majority-female Alaska Supreme Court in state history, or add a justice from Southeast Alaska.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy will have the final say, with 45 days to pick someone from the short list of finalists for the state's high court.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Political parties “have no right to be gatekeepers to the...