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Celebrate Women’s History Month by Voting for Strong Women

Opinion, The Alaska Current - 0
March is Women’s History Month, and in Anchorage, the best way to celebrate is by taking action and voting for four strong women on the Anchorage municipal ballot by April 7

Anchorage Republican spending lots of his own money in governor’s race, early campaign records show

James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - 0
An Anchorage doctor and his wife have put almost $1.3 million of their own money into his campaign for Alaska governor, an extraordinary act...

Sullivan defends support for SAVE Act despite harm to Alaskan voters: ‘I’m also a senator for America.’

Congressional Republicans are pushing ahead with a measure to overhaul the nation’s elections.

Meda DeWitt, chair of Recall Dunleavy effort, files to run for governor

Meda DeWitt, who chaired the effort to recall Governor Mike Dunleavy during his first term in office, is now the 17th candidate seeking the governor's office.

Poll shows Sen. Dan Sullivan hits a new low with Alaskans

A new statewide poll suggests Alaska voters are becoming more skeptical of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan

JKT hopes to bring the bipartisan coalition mindset to the governor’s office

Sitka Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has officially joined the race for governor, making him the third Democrat and 16th candidate to join the race.

Begich challenger Bill Hill makes a splash in congressional campaign launch

Bill Hill, a longtime commercial fisherman and former superintendent of the Bristol Bay School District, joined the race to unseat GOP Rep. Nick Begich.

As the State of Alaska remains hellbent on prosecuting Samoan US nationals for voting, Alaskans rally around Whittier couple

On a chilly Thursday afternoon outside the Boney Courthouse in downtown Anchorage, Tupe Smith and her husband, Mike Pese, were joined by members of...

Poll: Peltola opens race for U.S. Senate with slight edge on Sullivan

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announced her plans to challenge right-wing Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan this week.

She’s in. Mary Peltola will run for U.S. Senate, seeking to unseat Sullivan

Frmer U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announced today she's running for U.S. Senate.

Not surprisingly, Sullivan has nothing to say about Hegseth

Sen. Dan Sullivan has absolutely nothing to say about Pete Hegseth and the military strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

No, Anchorage isn’t turning to by-phone elections

The New York Times recently dropped into Anchorage to report on what it called “an experiment that feels both inevitable and impossibly futuristic."

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Celebrate Women’s History Month by Voting for Strong Women

Opinion, The Alaska Current - 0
March is Women’s History Month, and in Anchorage, the best way to celebrate is by taking action and voting for four strong women on the Anchorage municipal ballot by April 7

The secret life of Sen. Dan Sullivan

Rich Moniak, Juneau Independent - 0
Sen. Dan Sullivan doesn’t like being portrayed as a weak-kneed politician.

Online age verification could be coming to Alaska, piggybacking on anti-CSAM bill

But the bill does a whole lot more than that in the name of childrens’ safety.

Where We’re Anchored: February

Welcome to the February installment of my year-long photographic series that aims to show you Anchorage with intent, admiration and pride.

The health ‘transformation’ fund touted by Republicans isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

At his annual address to lawmakers last week, Sullivan touted the Rural Health Transformation Fund as a landmark achievement.

Trail Blazers: Danielle Stickman

Danielle Stickman grew up intrinsically tied to the land, traveling the Lake Clark region with her family.

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