The vote was 21-18 with every single non-majority Republican voting against the measure. Their opposition, combined with reluctance in the Senate, likely means that campaign contribution limits are doomed for the 2022 elections. That’s good news for Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who has already voiced support for unlimited contributions and has reportedly been soliciting large contributions.
ction marks the latest turn in the Legislature’s efforts to get to the bottom of the firing, which has been marked by allegations that Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration orchestrated the firing in order to install more politically friendly leadership of the state fund.
Supporters of the legislation said the goal isn’t to force everyone to change their minds about people of color, but to at least stop discrimination at schools and the workplace.
Without legislative direction, state officials said they would likely hold onto Russian investments in the hopes that they rebound and recapture their previous value.
Unfortunately, not everyone wanted to see these child marriages end.
Of course, it only matters if you think parents (specifically mothers) should be able to have a job other than being a parent. Which is not a given in this Legislature.
At this point, it’ll be tough for the Legislature to pass its own campaign finance limits for this year’s election. In the long term, it’ll take a voter initiative or a new governor.
What that means is until and unless the Legislature approves campaign finance limits—of which there are several proposals on the table—it’s going to be the wild west.
Within 30 minutes of the announcement, former Gov. Bill Walker endorsed the plan.
The Alaska delegation’s statements danced around the issues raised by the Biden administration, but the Dunleavy administration countered by arguing that resource extraction is a key to preserving subsistence activities.