Legislators call on state to use Anchorage’s secure drop boxes in the general election
A group of Anchorage Democratic legislators is asking the state to work with the municipality of Anchorage to expand the availability of ballot drop-off boxes…
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‘It should not have taken this long.’ Legislators approve CARES Act program changes, get few answers on delay
With a lack of answers about the timing of the revisions, Rep. Spohnholz said “It’s a scapegoat for bad execution.”
Supreme Court rejects biased state-prepared summary of oil tax initiative
The court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer, a former oil company employee, had biased the summary of the oil tax initiative.
Open primaries would encourage ‘thoughtful leadership,’ say backers of Ballot Measure 2
The hope is that candidates will have to broaden their appeal to all voters in a district instead of the relatively small group of voters that participate in primaries.
GOP Sens. von Imhof, Stevens take leads as incumbents make up ground with absentee ballots
While there’s good news for legislators who narrowly trailed on election night, the window is fast closing for others.
Dunleavy’s chief lawsuit-loser Clarkson resigns after it turns out he’s a creep
Clarkson was set to return to work for Gov. Dunleavy next week.
Army Corps backs off Pebble Mine approval following bipartisan pushback over impacts to Bristol Bay
“The project, as proposed, would likely result in significant degradation of the environment and would likely result in significant adverse effects.”
Dunleavy FINALLY proposes critical change to CARES Act program months after businesses demanded fixes
The state has been telling businesses to just refund tens of thousands of dollars of federal aid in order access the state program. The new changes would allow businesses to keep the money.
Complaint accuses group opposing election reform initiative of skirting election law
The complaint says the Alaska Policy Forum, its director and Dunleavy’s former campaign manager have been violating Alaska campaign law for months.
Mondor: Old baggage weighs down launch of New Ravn
Aviation reporter Colleen Mondor dug into the past of the team behind “New Ravn.” What she found is worrying.