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A presentation about a jump in the number of inmate deaths in state custody that included proposals for solutions was abruptly canceled in an Alaska legislative committee on Tuesday morning. In a vote that fell along party lines, Republican members of the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee voted to cancel the talk prepared by […] The post Republican lawmakers shut down legislative hearing about deaths in Alaska prisons appeared first on Alaska Beacon.

A Richmond man will serve 14 years in prison for a November 2022 shooting in Big Stone Gap.

Rural Alaska schools may get additional state and federal funding for faster internet despite Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a multipart education bill this week. Early Thursday morning, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 36-4 to advance House Bill 193, which offers rural schools as much as $39.4 million in state aid to match federal […]

The Alaska House of Representatives unexpectedly moved on Friday to raise the state’s age of sexual consent from 16 to 18.

The Alaska House of Representatives unexpectedly moved on Friday to raise the state’s age of sexual consent from 16 to 18.