Organizations

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 DCCED regulates insurance, banking, and professional licensing, administers rural community grants, and promotes economic development statewide.

Regulates Alaska's air and water quality, contaminated site cleanup, food safety, and oil spill prevention and response. Issues permits for discharges and air emissions statewide.

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.

Alaska's statewide law enforcement, patrolling non-municipal Alaska from Ketchikan to Utqiagvik. Publishes the Daily Dispatch of statewide incidents. Division of the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

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

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.

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.

Administers Alaska's workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, workforce training grants, and occupational safety programs. Publishes economic data and apprenticeship opportunities.

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's state capital, a unified home-rule city and borough on Gastineau Channel. Not reachable by road; accessible only by ferry, airplane, or ship. Home to the state legislature, the Governor's Office, and Mendenhall Glacier.

UAF — flagship research university in Fairbanks. Home of the Geophysical Institute (aurora, earthquakes, volcanoes), International Arctic Research Center, and College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

Oversees Alaska's Office of Children's Services, Division of Juvenile Justice, Alaska Pioneer Homes for elders, and services for Alaskans with disabilities.

State-owned railroad running between Seward, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and the Alaska Interior. Carries both freight and passengers, including the scenic Denali Star tourist service.

Seven-member citizen board setting Alaska's hunting and trapping regulations statewide. Meets in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and regional hubs annually.

Runs Alaska state government's internal operations: IT, personnel, retirement systems, motor vehicles (DMV), public building leasing, and procurement.

Office of the Alaska Attorney General, state civil and criminal prosecution, legal representation of state agencies, and regulation of charities and consumer protection.

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.

State public corporation that develops Alaska's electricity infrastructure, renewable energy projects, and rural bulk fuel programs. Operates the Bradley Lake hydroelectric facility.

Alaska's state-run ferry system connecting Southeast and Southcentral communities not served by roads. Runs the M/V Columbia, Kennicott, and other vessels between Bellingham, Juneau, and the Aleutian Chain.

Second-largest island in the United States and one of Alaska's most productive commercial fishing ports. Home to Kodiak bears, a Coast Guard base, and a processing fleet for salmon, pollock, and crab.

Cooperative body coordinating transmission across the Alaska Railbelt electrical grid.

Anchorage campus of the University of Alaska System.

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.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska's fastest-growing region and commuter belt for Anchorage. Home of the Iditarod headquarters, Hatcher Pass, and the Alaska State Fair in Palmer.

Southcentral Alaska port city at the terminus of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and gateway to Prince William Sound. Known for commercial fishing, oil terminal operations, and extreme snow accumulations.

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

Operates Alaska's state prisons, community jails, probation and parole, and inmate rehabilitation programs across Fairbanks, Palmer, Anchorage, and rural regional facilities.

AFN — the largest statewide Alaska Native organization, representing 191 federally recognized tribes, 178 village corporations, 12 regional corporations, and 12 regional nonprofits.

Sovereign tribal government representing over 38,000 Tlingit and Haida citizens across Southeast Alaska and the broader diaspora. Provides social services, employment, and cultural programs.

Home-rule borough of northwestern Alaska covering 11 Inupiaq villages including Kotzebue, the borough seat. Home to the Red Dog Mine, one of the world's largest zinc operations.

Regional Alaska Native nonprofit serving 42 Athabascan villages in Alaska's Interior. Runs health, tribal government, natural resources, and social service programs across 235,000 square miles.

Alaska's public university system comprising University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and University of Alaska Southeast. Governed by the Board of Regents.

Second-most-populous borough in Alaska, home to Fairbanks, North Pole, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Covers 7,444 square miles of Interior Alaska under extreme continental climate.

Second-class borough covering the entire Kenai Peninsula — 25,000 square miles of glaciers, fjords, and world-class salmon streams. Economy built on commercial fishing, oil and gas, and tourism.

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.

Canadian mining company; 100% owner of the Pebble Limited Partnership

Fire suppression, emergency medical services, and rescue for the Municipality of Anchorage

Largest passenger airline serving Alaska; Seattle-headquartered but Alaska's primary intrastate carrier via Horizon Air / SkyWest partners