Lisa Murkowski

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller refused to appeal Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in victory Friday afternoon, ending months of legal battles and closing the book on one of the state’s most historic political races. Miller defeated...

While Democratic and Republican members of Congress chose to sit together during President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday evening, Alaskans still had divided opinions on its message. At a Democratic viewing party for the address in...

Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell plans to release his review of the 2010 election Friday in Anchorage. The long-awaited report is meant to recap the state’s handling of the hotly disputed write-in race between Joe Miller and Lisa Murkowski; and make...

Alaska’s oil reserves play a major role in the nation’s energy policy -- but in a Wednesday speech on the topic at George Washington University, President Barack Obama mentioned the state just once. "We're also exploring and assessing new...

State lawmakers expected a state report on Alaska’s 2010 election to be out by now. Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell's office told lawmakers back in January the review would be ready in 45 days, but 60 days have passed and still nothing has been made...

Nelson Garrett flipped through a stack of plastic white and red colored numbers late Tuesday afternoon. He knew his customers wouldn't be happy with him as he changed the marquee in front of his gas station to raise the gas prices. "They're not too...

Alaska's courts have been handling a lot of work lately -- litigating high profile criminal trials and helping decide a hotly contested U.S Senate race, but the state's top judge, when given the opportunity to talk about the past year, seemed to think his...

 WASHINGTON — The decision whether to cut back U.S. mail delivery to five from six days a week was complicated Thursday by a report that suggested the U.S. Postal Service had overstated the savings to be gained by the change.  The U.S. Postal...

The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce honored its 2011 inductees into the Anchorage ATHENA Society at a luncheon in downtown Anchorage Monday.  “It’s very humbling, the society is filled with so many amazing women in Anchorage and it’s...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) asked the U.S. Attorney General Thursday why the Justice Department hasn't prosecuted former-VECO CEO Bill Allen on allegations of child sexual abuse. The Justice Department used the Allen as a key witness in several...

Alaska's U.S. senators pushed for the federal government to pave the way for drilling in the Arctic, at a Wednesday hearing held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Commission's final report. At the...

State lawmakers are starting the process of looking into election law changes that more than one judge said are necessary in the wake of the disputed Miller-Murkowski race. The Senate held its first hearing on the matter this morning in Juneau. Senators...