Gavel Alaska

10/30/2025

The Alaska Supreme Court is in session today with two cases. Watch oral arguments live at gavelalaska.org.

10/30/2025

The joint legislative task force charged with making recommendations on education funding before the 2027 Legislature convenes is holding a meeting in Juneau on Thursday morning. Watch live coverage on KTOO 360TV or online. https://www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/watch/?clientID=2147483647&eventID=2025101005

10/29/2025

Alaska Supreme Court oral arguments today:
11:00 - State of Alaska, et al. v. Planned Parenthood
1:30 - Alaskans for Honest Elections; Ranked Choice Education Association v. Alaska Public Offices Commission & Alaskans for Better Elections
Watch live on KTOO 360TV or at gavelalaska.org

10/27/2025

The Alaska Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in two significant cases on Wednesday. Watch live coverage on KTOO 360TV and at https://gavelalaska.org.
11:00 case background: https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/09/04/alaska-judge-strikes-down-requirement-that-only-licensed-physicians-provide-abortions/
1:30 case background: https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/06/21/state-judge-upholds-most-fines-against-group-seeking-repeal-of-alaska-ranked-choice-voting/

06/05/2025

KTOO’s Gavel Alaska has brought the people’s business to the people for nearly 30 years and is a key service of public broadcasting in Alaska. Alaska Beacon’s Corinne Smith takes a look behind the scenes of what we do! https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/06/05/behind-the-cameras-gavel-alaska-broadcasts-the-business-of-state-government-to-alaskans/

Looking closely at Gavel Alaska gives a sense of the work that goes into giving the public access to state government. While the people in front of the cameras make the news, the people behind them rarely capture public attention.

03/15/2025

Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan will address joint sessions of the Alaska Legislature next week. Tune in on KTOO 360TV, watch on gavelalaska.org or listen on your local public radio station.

01/21/2025

The 34th Alaska Legislature convenes today! Here's the Gavel Alaska TV coverage schedule for day one. All events can be streamed live at gavelalaska.org.

12/17/2024

Electors meet in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. today to formalize the 2024 presidential election. We'll have live coverage of Alaska's electoral college ceremony on KTOO 360TV and gavelalaska.org beginning at 11:00.

12/12/2024

Governor Dunleavy will release his proposed FY 2026 state operating and capital budgets in Juneau on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. We’ll have live coverage on KTOO 360TV and at gavelalaska.org.

12/10/2024

The 34th Alaska Legislature continues to organize. The Legislature convenes on January 21.

That means the Democrat-heavy bipartisan majority caucus will have no wiggle room on contentious votes.

12/10/2024

Visitors can see the interior of the historic Governor’s Residence in Juneau, plus meet the Dunleavy and Dahlstrom families, during this century-old holiday tradition on Tuesday evening.

Join us for the annual Holiday Open House this Tuesday, December 10 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 at the Governor's Residence in Juneau.

Learn more: https://gov.alaska.gov/governor-dunleavy-lt-governor-dahlstrom-invite-alaskans-to-the-annual-holiday-open-house/

12/04/2024

The Alaska Senate will have an official minority caucus next year for the first time since 2022.

The minority is expected to oppose policy priorities sought by Senate majority leaders, including public pension reform.