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Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 9:26 AM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives started to debate two bills that would block any attempt to regulate the kitchen appliance.
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Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 10:46 AM AKDT
|By KTVF Staff Reporter
Alaska House and Senate pass state budget on first day of special session.
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Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 7:49 AM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
Negotiations between the President & top GOP leaders have progressed but have not yet produced a deal.
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Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 2:18 PM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
Senator Markey, Rep. Cori Bush call for expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court to 13 justices.
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Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 4:20 PM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
The bill would also expand access to Pre-K and Head Start programs in addition to increasing worker wages.
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Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 10:17 AM AKDT
|By Adrian Peterson
Fairbanks City Council passes resolution 5062, supporting new developments in downtown Fairbanks.
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Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 5:00 PM AKDT
|By Alex Bengel
The bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee.
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Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 3:17 PM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
ConocoPhillips has said the project will produce an estimated 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak.
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Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 11:49 AM AKST
|By Stetson Miller
Senator Tammy Baldwin has reintroduced legislation that would limit what can be labeled as milk to dairy products.
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Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 8:55 AM AKST
|By Alex Bengel
First-term representatives Maxine Dibert and Will Stapp were joined by Senator Scott Kawasaki to discuss developments in the state’s capital.
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Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 6:26 AM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
Lawmakers push changes to federal laws on marijuana, with a special focus on banking regulations.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 at 2:25 PM AKST
|By Alex Bengel
Alaska’s sole delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives, Peltola was sworn in for her first full term in January.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 1:59 PM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
Senate hearing looks at whether legislation is needed to protect children online.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 4:42 PM AKST
|By Beth Verge
Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola were in attendance at Tuesday night's SOTU address. Alaska's entire congressional delegation emphasized development in Alaska in commentary surrounding the annual speech.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 2:32 PM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
The Senators believe there is little difference between the JR-15 and an AR-15.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 11:56 AM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
“It’s an obvious fact," says Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 3:27 PM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
Days before the March for Life rally, the House GOP advanced a measure called the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.”
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:10 PM AKST
|By Alex Bengel
More than 80 bills had already been pre-filed, ranging from repealing ranked-choice voting to a ban on chokeholds.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 2:47 PM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
House Republican leadership announces new committee and conference chairs.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 5:47 AM AKST
|By Brendan Cullerton
Current Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, is the frontrunner to become the next speaker of the House, but he is short on the votes required
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 11:37 AM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
Legislation to sort out Afghan refugee status remains stalled in Congress.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 1:39 PM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
Nancy Pelosi is stepping down as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 6:06 PM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
For the past 48 years Senator Patrick Leahy has served the nation and his home state of Vermont.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 4:29 PM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
Journalist Katie Couric joined lawmakers to announce the ‘Find it Early Act' for cancer screenings.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 1:36 PM AKST
|By Jamie Bittner
Senator Leahy was first elected in 1974.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 3:04 PM AKST
|By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden addressed the results of the midterm election and his own political future on Wednesday.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 7:59 AM AKDT
|By Josh Rultenberg
Both Democrats and Republicans are confident they can win the November mid-term elections because they claim they’ve each poached voters from regions where, traditionally, they don’t have a lot of support.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 9:13 AM AKDT
|By Alex Bengel
Citizens from Fairbanks offered testimony thanking the outgoing members Aaron Gibson and Valerie Therrien for their service to the community.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 4:47 PM AKDT
|By Alex Bengel
On Monday, October 24, Jim Matherly oversaw his last city council meeting as Fairbanks Mayor before turning over the gavel to incoming mayor David Pruhs.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 7:18 PM AKDT
|By Lex Yelverton
Former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor and current candidate for governor Charlie Pierce is being sued by a woman who Pierce previously employed.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 10:46 AM AKDT
|By Molly Martinez
A new bill in Washington promises more competition when it comes to credit card transactions - but one expert says cardholders could be left footing the bill.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 4:20 AM AKDT
|By Peter Zampa
The Biden administration says it wants more transparency from airlines when it comes to booking flights.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:45 PM AKDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
Opponents of the election map say it does not provide proportional representation to minorities, making the map a violation of the Voting Rights Act
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:09 PM AKDT
|By Molly Martinez
The case has the potential to strip the Clean Water Act of key environmental protections
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 12:10 PM AKDT
|By Peter Zampa
Alaska officially has representation in the U.S. House of Representatives after Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) swearing-in Tuesday. Wednesday marked Peltola’s first full day in office.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 7:33 PM AKDT
|By Alex Bengel
Clark's resignation comes after a change of address that has brought him outside the Fairbanks city limits.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 8:33 AM AKDT
|By Josh Rultenberg
Ending cancer as we know it. President Biden will give a speech Monday in Boston on his plan to find a cure for the disease. What the White House says we can expect to hear about the president’s ‘Cancer Moonshot.’
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:47 AM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
As some states begin to implement bans and restrictions on abortion, debate continues over how much the issue of abortion will drive voters to the polls.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 2:56 AM AKDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
Congress passes a new Farm Bill every five years. The old U.S. farm policy package will expire next September, and lawmakers are looking into what needs to be in the next version
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 6:16 AM AKDT
|By Josh Rultenberg
The soul of the nation. That’s what President Biden plans to talk about during a primetime address in Philadelphia.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 7:46 PM AKDT
|By The Associated Press
The FBI submitted the affidavit, or sworn statement, to a judge so it could obtain a warrant to search Trump’s property.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 12:03 PM AKDT
|By The Associated Press
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back out of his $44 billion agreement to acquire the company Dorsey helped found.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 5:36 AM AKDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
Republicans believe the economy will work to their advantage in the November midterm elections, but Democrats say the country is turning a corner on reducing prices.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 7:51 AM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
Thousands of Afghan refugees are stuck in legal limbo.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 11:25 AM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
Following the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, the Ways & Means Committee said the decision showed “the law is on our side in seeking Trump’s tax returns.”
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 9:17 AM AKDT
|By Jamie Bittner
Access to the abortion pill is set to be the subject of legal challenges nationwide
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 7:36 AM AKDT
|By Nicole Neuman
Kinzinger and panel expected to reveal what Trump was doing as the Capitol attack unfolded.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 11:59 AM AKDT
|By Molly Martinez
Veterans have waited 32 years to break ground on this memorial
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 4:43 PM AKDT
|By KTVF Staff Reporter
Your vote matters. Make sure you are registered and prepared to vote in the upcoming elections.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2022 at 2:27 PM AKDT
|By The Associated Press
A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park has more than doubled in size since Saturday afternoon.