State Regulatory
RSSAlaska state regulatory bodies and their decisions: the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) utility and pipeline orders, rate cases, certificates, and other state-level economic regulation.
Alaska labor agency repeals religious-exemption union rules, effective Nov. 8
Alaska Labor Relations Agency repeals the rule for public employees to claim religious exemption from union membership, effective Nov. 8, leaving the process unclear.
by Walter AlaskaNews2h ago2 min readAlaska DNR tightens rules for stream water reservations
Alaska's new water reservation rules require five years of data first, and tribes and nonprofits won't hold their own certificates anymore. DNR will.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago3 min read
Northrim shareholders vote Oct. 20 on buying Oregon bank, its first expansion outside Alaska
Northrim shareholders vote Oct. 20 on buying an Oregon bank, which would give the Anchorage bank its first branches outside Alaska. Not voting counts as a no.
by Walter AlaskaNews5d ago2 min read
State cites Mat-Su marijuana grow for 1,840 tracking violations after finding hundreds of untagged plants
Investigators found hundreds of untagged pot plants at a Mat-Su grow and counted 1,840 violations. Its latest tag order bounced for insufficient funds.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Final federal rule requires most Alaska DBE firms to prove disadvantage individually
Most Alaska contractors certified as disadvantaged businesses must now prove it one by one under a final federal rule ending race and sex presumptions.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Circle K seeks Anchorage liquor license through a transfer that lists no premises
Circle K Stores Inc. applied to take over an Anchorage package store license without listing any premises.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Alaska may stop requiring liquor license applicants to buy newspaper ads as required public notice
Alaska liquor license applicants have to buy three weeks of newspaper or radio advertising. A draft rule would end that requirement entirely.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
The line that powers Petersburg would leave federal license oversight
Petersburg gets its power over an 80-mile line from Tyee Lake. The agency running it wants that line out of its federal license, the second this year.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Marijuana Board Drafts Would Strip Ad Warnings; Filing Fix Scores Highest
Dropping every health warning from Alaska marijuana ads scores 7 points on the state's deregulation scale. Reshuffling packaging rules scores 135.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Alaska pot shops would have to balance their inventory every single day
Alaska pot shops would have to reconcile their whole inventory against the state system every night, under a rule the board takes up Monday.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago2 min read
Juneau's city-owned ski area has carried EPA's most urgent water violation for six months
Juneau's city-owned Eaglecrest Ski Area has carried the EPA's most urgent drinking water violation for six months, with no record of it being resolved.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago1 min read
Alaska would swap dated national manuals for an undated state guidebook
Alaska hospitals would follow a state guidebook instead of two national manuals for data reporting. The guidebook has no edition date. The manuals do.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago1 min read
Three quarters of Alaska's planned college-rule cuts fall on student aid
Alaska's student aid agency plans to cut 205 of its rules, most governing financial aid, under a statewide order to shrink regulation.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska proposes new limits on what insurers pay to treat injured workers
Alaska is proposing caps on what insurers pay to treat injured workers, including limits on creams, patches and compounds. Comment closes Oct. 9.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska marijuana board revisits under-21 rules after Craig, Klawock checks failed
Alaska Marijuana Control Board will revisit rules keeping under-21s out of pot shops after compliance checks in Craig and Klawock found every store violated the ban.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska moves to cut library and museum rules, over public objections
Alaska's education department is moving to cut whole chapters of rules for libraries, museums and archives — over a public that mostly asked to keep them.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Alaska warns personal care agencies they can lose Harmony access for viewing waiver records
Alaska's Division of Senior and Disabilities Services warned personal care agencies they risk losing Harmony database access if they open waiver service records.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
State tax office flagged seller of Anchorage cannabis concentrate license as non-compliant
Alaska flagged a marijuana license seller as non-compliant on taxes. Her sworn statement listed no debts. What the board did is not on the record.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska draft rule would end in-house marijuana testing by growers, manufacturers and stores
Alaska's marijuana regulator is drafting a rule to ban in-house testing by growers and manufacturers, forcing all products to third-party labs instead.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska weighs dropping the required training course for marijuana handlers
Alaska may drop the required training course for marijuana handler permits, swapping a class and test for a background check — saving workers up to $500.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska wants to change how it measures edible pot strength — and some legal products may not pass
Alaska wants to change how it measures edible pot strength — and the new math could push products legal today over the limit, without the products changing.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A decade in, Alaska's marijuana industry is squeezed by taxes as the state rewrites the rules
A decade in, Alaska's marijuana industry is squeezed by taxes and falling prices. Operators owe millions in back taxes as the state rewrites the rules.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago3 min read
Alaska's midwifery board calls two work group meetings in September
Alaska's midwifery board has scheduled two work group meetings for September. The public notices do not say what the group intends to discuss.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Marijuana board chair's own store violation goes before the board they chair Sept. 2
Marijuana board chair Bailey Stuart faces a violation notice on their own retail store at the meeting they chair Wednesday, raising questions about whether they will step aside.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
State note says AMCO wrongly made Metlakatla gather a liquor petition
State regulators made Metlakatla gather a public-support petition it did not need, an error staff blamed on a database and left noted in the file.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Wasilla golf course seeks state license to serve beer and wine on the course
Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Wasilla wants to pour beer and wine across its grounds, range and deck. The state alcohol board takes it up Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Four signatures clear a liquor store at a remote Alaska fishing lodge
A remote fly-in fishing lodge off Prince of Wales Island wants a guest-only liquor store, and its public approval came from the four people who live nearby.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska's marijuana board will decide whether to erase a violation against its chair's own store
The Marijuana Control Board chair's own store is on its September agenda, and the agency's director wants her $100 violation wiped off the record.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Alaska's main power grid is getting its first mandatory cybersecurity rules, but not for years
Alaska's main power grid is finally getting mandatory cybersecurity rules, but none takes effect until 2027 at the earliest, phasing in slowly through 2029.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A Caterpillar dealer wants to fill nearly 20 acres of south Anchorage wetlands to build a new store
A Caterpillar dealer wants to fill nearly 20 acres of south Anchorage wetlands for a store, proposing no mitigation.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska may let unlicensed eye-clinic staff do routine eye care, with no set training standard
Alaska may let unlicensed eye-clinic staff do routine eye care with no set training standard — an idea that drew patient-safety objections as the law passed.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Fish and Game plans to cut about 50 of its own rules by year's end
Alaska Fish and Game plans to cut about 50 of its own regulations under a Dunleavy order that supporters call streamlining and critics call gutting oversight.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Alaska's associate counselor license takes effect Friday, though the board's notice says otherwise
Alaska's counseling board still tells graduates the associate license isn't available. The regulations creating it take effect Friday, 13 months late.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
One owner moves to take full control of a Midtown Anchorage cannabis operation
Yotam Levi is set to take full control of a three-part Midtown Anchorage cannabis business, a grow, a manufacturing site and a store, by buying out partners.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Alaska says some permits now clear in under a week — as the reforms behind that speed draw both praise and alarm
Alaska officials say some permits now clear in under a week — crediting reforms critics warn could auto-approve projects and weaken environmental review.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read
The state wants to repeal the process for claiming a religious exemption from a union
The state wants to repeal the process public employees use to claim a religious exemption from a union, though it doesn't say what repeal means for the right.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Alaska takes over hazardous waste permitting — the first state to do so in 25 years
Alaska just took over hazardous waste permitting from the EPA — the first state in 25+ years — over tribal and industry objections to the handoff.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
EPA grants Alaska authority to permit hazardous waste facilities
Alaska takes over permitting and enforcement of hazardous waste facilities starting Aug. 6, after EPA approved the state's application despite three requests to delay.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago4 min read
Alaska takes over hazardous waste rules, with enforcement in question
Alaska just took over hazardous waste regulation from the feds — the first state in 25 years. The open question: can it enforce the rules in remote Alaska?
by Lucas Brown2mo ago1 min read
Alaska's new counselor license ends the unlicensed wait for graduates
Alaska counseling grads spent years working unlicensed to earn a license. A new associate license, effective Aug. 21, lets them practice under a credential.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read