Sen. Scott Kawasaki, D-Fairbanks, proposed a competing bill that would move Alaska to permanent Alaska Standard Time, but that idea stalled out in committee. “I do believe that permanent ...

The Senate voted 18-2 to pass Senate Bill 26, which would eliminate daylight saving time in Alaska and ask the federal ...

After the event, Fairbanks lawmakers, Rep. Will Stapp and Sen. Scott Kawasaki who hosted the event, acknowledged rising inflation costs as a reason for the fight over how to pay for education funding.