JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has relented and said Wednesday he now will fill a Palmer Superior Court seat with one of two remaining candidates sent to him by the Alaska Judicial...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy met Tuesday with the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court in a dispute over judicial nominations, though details of the meeting weren't immediately...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on Alaska judicial nominations (all times local):

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy has met with the chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court amid a...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Founders of the state's constitution intended for a governor to appoint for judgeships candidates nominated by the Alaska Judicial Council, the chief justice of the Alaska...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a dispute over judicial nominees (all times local):

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he looks forward to scheduling a meeting with the chief...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on an Alaska abortion law struck down by the state's Supreme Court (all times local):

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Abortion rights advocates are lauding an Alaska Supreme Court decision. That ruling found that a state law and regulation seeking to define what constitutes a medically necessary abortion for purposes of Medicaid funding was unconstitutional.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday struck down as unconstitutional a state law and regulation seeking to define what constitutes medically necessary abortions for purposes of Medicaid funding.

The court, in a 4-1 decision, upheld a 2015 lower court ruling that had also barred the measures from being enforced.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Supreme Court finds state law defining medically necessary abortions unconstitutional.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has placed a Superior Court judge on mandatory retirement because of a medical disability.

Justices on Friday backed the recommendation of the Alaska Judicial Conduct Commission regarding Judge Angela Greene of Utqiagvik (oot-kay-AH'-vik), the Chukchi Sea community formerly known as Barrow.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Fairbanks Republican wins state House race after Alaska Supreme Court upholds recount results.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state court judge has dismissed a challenge to former Gov. Bill Walker's plan to use bonding to pay Alaska's oil and gas tax credit obligations.

Superior Court Judge Jude Pate, in a written order dated Wednesday, granted the state's request to dismiss the challenge by resident Eric Forrer.

Pate said his role is not to make economic policy judgments or second-guess the Legislature but to apply the law of the state Constitution as interpreted by the Alaska Supreme Court.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has appointed a special master to weigh ballot questions raised by a Democratic state House candidate.

Democrat Kathryn Dodge is challenging the result of a recount that showed her losing by one vote to Republican Bart LeBon in a Fairbanks House race.

The Supreme Court appointed Anchorage Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth as a special master to conduct hearings and any other proceedings necessary to issue a report by Dec. 21.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Democrat challenging the results of an Alaska House race said errors made by election officials threaten to deprive her of the seat.

Kathryn Dodge, through her attorney, filed an appeal Wednesday with the Alaska Supreme Court seeking a resolution of the matter by Jan. 14, the day before the legislative session begins.

The filing argues that the "lawful winner" cannot be sworn in until the court makes a ruling.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that some sex offenders convicted outside the state are not required to register in Alaska.

The court ruled Friday that a strict reading of the 1994 Alaska Sex Offender Registration Act gives the state Department of Public Safety no leeway when deciding if out-of-state sex crimes match offenses under Alaska law, the Juneau Empire reported .

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that portions of an initiative aimed at protecting salmon be stricken as unconstitutional but decided that the rest of the measure can advance to the fall ballot.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court will have a new chief justice, starting July 1.

The state court system says Justice Joel Bolger was unanimously selected by members of the high court to serve as chief justice for a three-year term. The current chief justice is Craig Stowers.

The chief justice is the administrative leader of the state's judicial branch, presiding over Supreme Court arguments and appointing presiding judges for state judicial districts.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's highest court ruled in favor of the city of Fairbanks in a labor dispute with the city's public safety union.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A ballot initiative that aims to strengthen a state law that protects salmon habitat has made its way before the Alaska Supreme Court.

The court heard arguments Thursday on whether the initiative dubbed Yes for Salmon can appear on the November ballot, the Alaska Journal of Commerce reported .

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a court decision allowing independents to run in Alaska Democratic primaries (all times local):

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The Alaska Department of Law says election officials will be tasked with designing ballots to fit with a state Supreme Court decision that allows for independents to run in the Democratic party primary.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit affecting Democratic party primaries in Alaska (all times local):

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An attorney for the state of Alaska says it would be confusing and "deceptive" to call a candidate nonpartisan if that person is a nominee for a political party.

Laura Fox made that argument Thursday in asking the Alaska Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that cleared the way for independents to run in Democratic party primaries.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A divided Alaska Supreme Court has sided with a river rafting company, deciding its release form protected it from liability in the 2013 death of a man on a rafting trip.

The majority ruling, supported by three of the court's five members, found the release form signed by Stephen Morton before his trip with NOVA River Runners was clear in outlining risks and effectively waived NOVA's liability for negligence.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is appealing a decision that would open Democratic party primaries to independents.

An appeal notice was filed Friday with the Alaska Supreme Court.

Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth disagreed with a superior court decision that found the state is restricting the party's attempt to appeal to independent voters by not allowing unaffiliated candidates to participate in party primaries.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld Alaska Native tribes' sovereign immunity from state courts in a recently released decision.

The tribes' rights were challenged during a legal dispute between two tribal governments out of Juneau, KTOO-FM reported (http://bit.ly/2f9ZldM). Other Alaska Native tribes had been closing watching the litigation.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the court decision involving the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend (all times local):

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Gov. Bill Walker says his decision to reduce the size of the dividend Alaskans received from the state's oil-wealth fund last year was "by far" the most difficult decision he has made as governor.

But Walker says it was necessary to ensure that there will be future Alaska Permanent Fund dividends.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Bill Walker acted within his authority last year in reducing the amount set aside for checks from Alaska's oil-wealth fund to state residents.

The decision released Friday sided with the state, as a lower court had, in the dispute over Alaska Permanent Fund dividends.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has decided a woman who was sexually abused by her foster brother in 2012 can sue the state Office of Children's Services.

The Supreme Court published its decision Friday, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. A message seeking comment from the Office of Children's Services wasn't immediately returned Wednesday.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court says a custody petition involving children from Alaska was transferred erroneously to a Texas court.

The case involved the children of John C. McDonald, a Fairbanks man who pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in the death of his wife in 2016. The couple had three young children.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit over the dividend from Alaska's oil-wealth fund (all times local):

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A state senator who challenged Gov. Bill Walker's cut to the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend this year plans to appeal a judge's decision that found that Walker acted within his authority.

Sen. Bill Wielechowski of Anchorage said it was always expected that the case would be decided by the Alaska Supreme Court.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a lower court, and reinstated Dean Westlake as the winner of a disputed House election.

"I've been dancing in my office for the last hour," said Westlake's attorney, Thomas Amodio. "They got it right. Four of them got it right, anyway, but that's all that matters."

The court issued its two-page decision within five hours of hearing oral arguments in the case, with one judge partially dissenting.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the legal challengers for a dispute northern Alaska state House race (all times local):

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The Alaska Supreme Court has overturned a lower court decision, giving a disputed state House election to the Democratic challenger.

The court's decision came hours after oral arguments ended in Anchorage. The decision means Dean Westlake won the Democratic primary in northern Alaska over the incumbent, Rep. Benjamin Nageak.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on the House District 40 race in Alaska (all times local):

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The state is appealing a judge's decision that overturned the results a northern Alaska legislative election and awarded the race to Rep. Benjamin Nageak.

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — A woman looking to start a marijuana business plans to challenge the Matanuska-Susitna Borough over claims that a ballot measure prohibiting pot sales in unincorporated areas was created using fraudulent methods.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court says recent owners of a North Pole oil refinery share costs of cleaning up a contamination that has reached about 7 square miles of groundwater.

The Friday ruling keeps onsite cleanup costs attached to Flint Hills while former refinery owner Williams Alaska Petroleum is responsible for the plume that spread offsite, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported (http://bit.ly/2bEDcDm ).

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday struck down a state law requiring parental notification for girls under age 18 seeking abortions, agreeing with pro-abortion rights advocates that the mandate approved by voters in 2010 was unconstitutional.

Justice Daniel Winfree, writing for the majority, said the court was not deciding whether abortions should be available to minors without restrictions but that the abortion notification law violated Alaska's...