EAGLE RIVER, Alaska, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A federal jury has convicted former Alaska state Rep. Pete Kott, R-Eagle River, of conspiring to promote an oil tax sought by industrial interests.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The son of an ex-Alaska state lawmaker testified his father gave him $8,000 legally, and denied the money was a bribe as two oil-services executives claimed.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors allege the former speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives began taking unlawful gifts as early as 1999.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 4 (UPI) -- Two former members of the Alaska Legislature were indicted Friday on federal charges of extortion, bribery, wire fraud and mail fraud.