Organizations

Manages Alaska's sport and commercial fisheries, hunting regulations, subsistence harvests, and wildlife conservation. Sets annual seasons, bag limits, and permit rules.

State agency managing Alaska's public lands, mining, oil and gas leasing, forestry, parks, and water rights. Covers millions of acres of state-owned wilderness.

State public health agency covering Medicaid, epidemiology, behavioral health, senior services, and emergency medical services for rural and urban Alaska.

Alaska's bicameral legislature — 20-member Senate and 40-member House — meeting in Juneau from January to May each year. Sets the state budget, oil and gas policy, school funding, and the annual Permanent Fund Dividend calculation.

Municipal government of Ketchikan, Alaska (Southeast). City Council, advisory boards, public hearings.

State corporation advancing the Alaska LNG Project — a pipeline to bring North Slope natural gas to tidewater at Nikiski for export to Asian markets.

Alaska State Troopers, Wildlife Troopers, Village Public Safety Officers, the State Crime Lab, and fire and life safety. Covers search and rescue and rural law enforcement across the state.

Anchorage 12-member elected legislative body, meeting weekly in the Loussac Library chambers. Passes ordinances, approves the municipal budget, and confirms mayoral appointments.

Largest local government in Alaska, covering 1,961 square miles from Girdwood to Eklutna. A unified home-rule municipality combining city and borough powers over a population of roughly 290,000.

Alaska's state transportation agency, responsible for highways, airports, harbors, and the Alaska Marine Highway System. Publishes road projects, airport bids, and ferry schedules statewide.

AIDEA — Alaska's public-private economic development bank. Finances infrastructure, loans to Alaska businesses, and owns major state assets like the DeLong Mountain Transportation System.

State body regulating public utilities in Alaska — electric, gas, water, sewer, telecommunications, and the intrastate pipeline carriers. Sets consumer rates and grants certificates of public convenience.

Alaska's largest public school district, serving more than 43,000 students across 87 schools. The district covers pre-K through 12th grade and adult education across the Municipality of Anchorage.

Federal agency managing Alaska's federal-waters fisheries (pollock, cod, halibut, crab) under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Home of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

The upper chamber of the United States Congress — 100 senators, two per state, six-year terms. Confirms federal judges and senior executive appointments, ratifies treaties, and shares legislative authority with the House of Representatives. Alaska's senators are Lisa Murkowski (R) and Dan Sullivan (R).

NOAA forecast offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau. Issues warnings for marine weather, river breakup, avalanches, fire weather, and aviation across Alaska.

The upper chamber of the Alaska State Legislature — 20 senators representing single-member districts. Considers and votes on bills, confirms appointments, and joins the House on appropriations.

Cook Inlet and North Slope operator — acquired BP's Alaska assets in 2020. Prudhoe Bay, Milne Point, Cook Inlet gas.

Originates Senate-side appropriations + operating-budget oversight. The Senate co-chair pair runs the powerhouse budget process.

Federal agency managing 72 million acres of public land in Alaska — more than any other state. Oversees oil and gas leasing, mining claims, backcountry recreation, and wild horse herds.

State quasi-judicial commission regulating Alaska oil and gas drilling.

Cooperative body coordinating transmission across the Alaska Railbelt electrical grid.

Unified home-rule city and borough on Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska. Former capital of Russian America; now a fishing, tourism, and seafood processing hub with the Sitka Sound at its center.

Federal agency stewarding Alaska's 17 national park units — including Denali, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Wrangell-St. Elias, and Gates of the Arctic — totaling over 54 million acres.

Federal department responsible for the U.S. armed forces — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force. Alaska-relevant content includes Eielson AFB, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), Fort Greely, Arctic strategy, Red Flag-Alaska training exercises, military construction at Alaska bases, and defense procurement at Alaska contractors.

Alaska state government's executive branch, headed by the Governor and 15 cabinet departments. Oversees education, public safety, transportation, health, commerce, and natural resource management for the 49th state.

State department overseeing Alaska's K-12 public schools, early learning, libraries, archives, and assessment. Distributes state funding to 53 school districts statewide.

Seven-member citizen board setting Alaska's sport, personal-use, subsistence, and commercial fishing regulations statewide. Meets in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and regional hubs annually.

Alaska's tax collection agency and home of the Permanent Fund Dividend Division. Manages state investment accounts, oil and gas taxation, and the PFD payout each fall.

Annual energy conference in Anchorage bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, and innovators to discuss Alaska's energy future. Topics include LNG, renewable energy, grid modernization, nuclear, hydropower, and carbon management. Hosted each May at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center.