The United States is creeping closer to opening its lands for energy and mineral development, aimed at decreasing the ...

The White House excluded oil, natural gas and uranium from its “critical minerals” designation. The House and Senate ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is now considering who may fill two legislative seats vacated by state senators seeking higher ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has appointed state Reps. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, and Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, to two vacancies in the ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy chose Reps. Cathy Tilton and George Rauscher to fill Senate vacancies created by members’ resignations.

Reps. Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, and Rep. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, have been named by Dunleavy to succeed the two senators ...

The measures are part of a push the White House kick-started in March through a series of executive orders aimed at ...

The Trump administration previously said that the restrictions were preventing Alaska from unlocking its energy potential.

The measures affect Biden-era protections for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The decision could increase the odds that a multipartisan coalition continues to control the Alaska House of Representatives.