U.S. House candidates suggest smaller role for federal funding in Alaska
With incumbent Mary Peltola in DC, Republicans Nick Begich III and Sarah Palin and Libertarian Chris Bye attend Fairbanks forum
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Lawsuit filed seeking to add Sweeney to special election ballot, but judge inclined to keep three-way race
With ballots expected to be finalized next week, the litigation is set for a turnaround that would make the Alaska Redistricting trial look glacial.
The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 1, 2017
The Senate’s health care bill continues to put Alaska’s Senior Senator, Lisa Murkowski, in the national spotlight as one the bill’s must-have votes. Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar discuss the politics of the situation and then we invite in Becky Hultberg from the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association to tell us how the policies in the bill will affect Alaskans. We also delve into the state legislature’s remaining work to be done on oil and gas tax credits and recent polling being done in Anchorage that may illuminate April’s mayoral election.
Friday in the Sun!!! (March 18)
A challenger emerges for Don Young, Anti-Demboski fervor fizzles, and Ruedrich has a bad week. Its Friday in the Sun!
What We Learned About Anchorage’s Races Last Week
The latest APOC reports are out for Anchorage’s spring elections and they give us pretty good clues about who’s contending, who’s pretending, who’s hoping to get paid, and who’s putting their members’ money where their mouths are.