Ken Hollis

The new Senate minority leader says his caucus wants to be part of the oil tax debate. In a floor speech Tuesday, Senator Johnny Ellis asked the majority to take the minority up on its ideas on how to increase oil production. He said his colleagues...

Governor Sean Parnell rolled out his 2014 budget plan for the next fiscal year and the proposal focuses on resource and energy development, transportation and infrastructure, public safety, military support and education. In the coming fiscal year, Gov....

Governor Sean Parnell rolled out his budget plan for the next fiscal year today.  The budget proposal focuses on resource and energy development, transportation and infrastructure, public safety, military support and education. In the coming fiscal...

Shell Oil is, today (Sunday), close to drilling 2 exploratory wells simultaneously in the Arctic Ocean. Drilling operations in the Beaufort Sea are currently awaiting the harvest of the third and last whale of the season by Inupiat Eskimoes. Once the...

This Afternoon (Tuesday) a coalition of Alaska business leaders -- and a former Alaska Governor (Tony Knowles) -- got together to endorse "meaningful tax reform" at the North Slope. But the group stopped short of saying precisely what "meaningful tax...

   Tonight (tuesday) momentum seems to be building for a change in Alaska's 3-decade-old self-defense law. That after the state's attorney general -- and the governor -- said they both supported House Bill 80.     It's a measure which would alter the...

"Same pig, different lipstick." That's what one Alaska State Senator said Friday after a hearing in which the Department of Revenue described the Governor's new tax plan to the Senate Resources Committee. The colorful comment was meant to convey a...

The 27th session of the Alaska Legislature is moving into uncharted territory. Thursday night, by a vote of 14-to-2, the State Senate cast an historic, unprecedented vote to adjourn in the middle of a Special Session. That vote came just 24 hours...

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony Friday about whether Alaska's self-defense laws should be changed. After listening to witnesses for 90 minutes -- some of them ordinary citizens, and one a fellow lawmaker -- the members seemed to agree...

Alaska's Acting Attorney General is now one big step closer to being the state's official attorney general. On Wednesday, 59-year-old Mike Geraghty gave testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Juneau. Afterwards, the Chairman of the...

In Juneau, Governor Sean Parnell is reasserting his controversial claim that big cuts in the State's Oil Production Tax will bring big investments to the North Slope. The governor spoke in an interview with Channel 2 News on Tuesday. During that...

The Spenard Community Council President said discussions will continue on a proposal that drew dozens of residents to its monthly meeting Wednesday night. The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority and the Anchorage Community Mental Health Services want to...