House elects Kodiak Rep. Stutes as speaker but organization not yet finalized
Stutes was elected on a 21-19 vote after a lone party-line Republican broke ranks to support the moderate Republican member of the House bipartisan coalition.
Louise Stutes
House panel takes first step to restoring ‘basic, minimal’ year-round ferry service
The money would restore 12-months of “basic, minimal service.”
State of the Race: Legislative Races, Day 4 (House Districts 31-40)
Today’s roundup will cap off the races for the Alaska House with an independent-heavy day going from Kenai to Southeast and back out to Western Alaska.
Alcohol bill dead after “unfair and self-serving” cut to brewery and distillery serving sizes, sponsor says
A last-minute amendment by a former bar owner targeting distilleries and breweries snarled a fix to the distillery the cocktail issue and years of negotiations on alcohol laws.
State rejects Republican attempt to boot bipartisan coalition reps from primaries
The state says there are plenty of ironclad reasons to bar the Alaska Republican Party from cherry-picking primary candidates.
Republicans move to block bipartisan coalition reps from 2018 primaries
The Republican legislators ran afoul of the party by caucusing with Democrats.
Are Alaska Democrats Raising Money To Defend Rogue Republicans?
The Alaska Republican Party has openly declared war on three Republican state house members — Gabby LeDoux, Paul Seaton and Louise Stutes — who crossed party lines to form a bi-partisan House majority. Now Democrats are raising money on the premise those funds will be used to defend the three.
Let’s Try This Again…House Majority Releases Yet Another Committee List
Remember yesterday when we told you the new bipartisan House Majority updated the roster of their member’s committee assignments? Well, that was true, but…
Alaska House Majority Adjusts Committee Assignments
They aren’t the biggest or most impactful moves we’ve ever seen at the Alaska State Legislature, but the House Majority today released a new committee assignment roster and there have been changes.
What Really Happened At This Weekend’s AK GOP Meeting
The main media attention focused on the censure and withdrawal of party support for three Republican legislators who have organized with Democrats in the State House. That may be the sexy headline for mass consumption, but we here at The Midnight Sun prefer to dig deeper into the political ramifications from such a gathering that may go largely undocumented by the mainstream media.