Chuck Kopp

The Supreme Court will rule on Dunleavy's agriculture department after he's gone

Alaska's youngest students are improving in math and reading. Older grades aren't.

“we have not really materially improved these outcomes. We have changed standards and tests, but not really the results.”

Alaska raised the age of consent, and school districts have new duties

“we are now protecting children under the age of 18 rather than just children under the age of 16”

Alaska House ties 19-19 on gas line bill, killing it for now

Alaska lawmakers order audit of Board of Fisheries process

Alaska legislative auditor resigns after 34 years, replacement process underway

Anchorage child care fund squeezed by programs moved from alcohol tax

Senate passes gas-line bill; Dunleavy immediately calls lawmakers back to rewrite it

Alaska House passes new tax structure for Alaska LNG pipeline aimed at attracting investors

Alaska House approves three day recess for Memorial Day weekend during gas line special session

“We have a number of members actually trying to catch a flight out of town right now to get out for Memorial Day weekend. This would allow that to happen and come back this next week. We have a full week of Finance Committee hearings on this bill this next week.”

House suspends rules to carry gas pipeline bills into special session

“So this resolution allows the legislation on the governor's special session call to pick up where it left off. I would point out to members the proclamation specifically mentioned House Bill 381. You see it in the resolution there. Our body has done substantial work on property tax legislation thus far.”

Alaska House raises unemployment benefits, expands telehealth coverage

Alaska Passes Age of Consent Bill After Weeks-Long Senate Delay

“Another significant portion is Senate Bill 247, uh, AI-generated child sexual abuse material, also passed unanimously out of this body. And we remember that that, um, bill addresses the obscene, um, AI-generated child porn online And it makes it so there's a tool in the law that can actually address where technology is going with that dangerous exploitation of minors.”

Alaska Legislature fails to override veto of pension bill

“It's talking about our rookie Alaska State Troopers who finish the Public Safety Academy on the state's dime at a cost of over $200,000 and leave after 18 months to another state that offers a pension. Mr. Speaker, more than 70-some percent of the police officers that leave Alaska leave to a state that offers a pension.”

Alaska Legislature approves $1,000 PFD, $200 energy relief payment

Senate Finance hears omnibus crime bill targeting AI child porn, raising age of consent

“The first theme is brought out in House Bill 101, which raises the protected age of child victims of sex crimes from those children who are under 16 to all children who are under 18.”

Alaska House passes disability pay increase for injured public workers

Alaska lawmakers hear warnings of rural fuel crisis, weigh loan program expansion

Senate Education Committee Advances Opioid Awareness Bill, Hears Tribal School Compact Proposal

Alaska releases FY25 Single Audit after closed-door review

Senate panel advances Salazar to Human Rights Commission

House Finance sets amendment deadline for police, firefighter disability bill

Senate minority outlines pension reform, gas line concerns at press conference

Alaska Senate Panel Weighs Tougher Hit-and-Run Penalties

Senate panel considers tougher penalties for fatal hit-and-run crashes

House Committee Extends Deadline for AI Personhood Amendment

Senate Committee Advances Bill to Raise Alaska's Age of Consent Amid Sexual Violence Crisis