Dunbar campaign files finance complaint against Bronson campaign, alleging $170,000+ in violations
The central complaint alleges that the Bronson campaign illegally benefitted from polling conducted by the Recall Felix Rivera campaign.
April 2021
Senate’s scaled-back disaster bill would put serious limits on Dunleavy’s spending power
The long-awaited rollout of the Senate Finance Committee’s version of legislation extending the state’s covid-19 disaster declaration didn’t feature any talk about case rates, hospital…
Saturday in the Sun: The Legislative Matters edition
It’s Saturday.
Progressives still have leads as more ballots counted in Anchorage election, but conservatives are keeping it close
Anchorage election workers added another 10,000 ballots to the tally on Thursday, narrowing the lead that progressive candidates have held since election night. With 51,181…
Alaska Supreme Court rules Dunleavy could keep appointments on the job, strikes law rejecting them
The immediate impact of the lawsuit means actions taken by the appointees during the window cannot be invalidated on the grounds that the appointments were unconstitutional.
With considerably more votes counted, Dunbar and progressives hold onto the lead
Anchorage election workers have added more than 31,000 ballots to the tally today, bringing the total votes counted to 41,826 or about 72% of the ballots that officials had in hand on Tuesday night.
Dunbar and progressives lead in very early Anchorage election results
The results could, obviously, shift as more ballots are counted but it’s an early sign that recent gains for Anchorage progressives—reflected both on the Anchorage Assembly and in legislative representation—aren’t going anywhere soon.
Alaska could miss out on millions of dollars for education because of cuts to the University of Alaska
As it currently stands the state could miss out about a third of the federal funds, a combined $129.5 million, because of the cuts to the University of Alaska.
Dunleavy administration turns to familiar face to head Alaska Department of Public Safety
Retired Colonel Jim Cockrell’s appointment to the commissioner’s office of the Department of Public Safety was announced by the governor today at a meeting with troopers in Kenai. He replaces former Commissioner Amanda Price, who resigned abruptly earlier this year amid a dispute with the Dunleavy administration over personnel decisions.
It’s going to be ‘halfway’ through session forever: MEMO
Typically, legislators would be starting to think about perhaps starting to maybe wrap things up. Instead, it’s a situation best described as quiet chaos with no certain end in sight.