Assemblywoman LaFrance headlines last-minute shakeups of legislative races
The Nov. 3 ballot is set.
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‘It would have been an epic campaign.’ Landfield withdraws from crowded Senate race
“In a heads-up race against Senator von Imhof I feel I would have had a great chance at winning. It would have been an epic campaign. But in a three-way race the path is not there.”
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…
Friday in the Sun (Aug. 28): The ‘Premature caucusing’ edition
Welcome to Friday in the Sun, our weekly column trying to make sense of the senseless. As always, we don’t really know what’s going on…
‘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.
Comic: Sealed with a Kiss
Kevin Canceled.
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.