Saturday, December 21, 2024

The Alaska Current

ANCHORAGE ASSEMBLY UNITES TO END PARKING MANDATES: Progressives and conservatives find common ground on easing regulations on housing and business development.

ANCHORAGE ASSEMBLY UNITES TO END PARKING MANDATES: Progressives and conservatives find common ground on easing regulations on housing and business development. By:Catie Gould This article was...

Peltola Redraws the Map for Democrats in Alaska

Rep. Mary Peltola (D) is very likely on her way to reelection, even though we won’t see final results until the rank choice tabulation...

Alaska Primary Voters Had More Choice in 2022

This article was originally published by the Sightline Institute and is republished here with permission. In Alaska, 2022 was the year of the Independent. Freed...

Preliminary Results from Alaska’s First Ranked-Choice Regular General Election

This visualization is provided to The Alaska Current through a partnership with Talk Data To Me.  Alaskans participated in their first-ever regular general election using...

The Best and Worst Political Stunts of 2022: The Ads

Every now and then, you hear a song and it just hits you like a haunted freight train. Think “Oh baby baby” in 1999...

As in Alaska, GOP governors’ association runs campaign shell group in Michigan

This story is republished with permission from Dermot Cole and originally appeared on dermotcole.com. In a campaign tactic identical to what it is doing in Alaska, the...

The Best and Worst Political Stunts of 2022: U.S. Congress Edition

Normally, I stick to covering the intricacies and minutiae of Alaska-based television programs, specifically reality TV. It’s an oddly specific niche, and has made...

The Final Push to Election Day

Alaska is in the final stretch of its first regular general election with rank choice voting, with an open Congressional seat for the first...

The Best and Worst Political Stunts of 2022: U.S. Senate Edition

In what will be a temporarily reoccurring feature (from now until Election Day), here are the best and worst political stunts of the 2022...

APOC Watch: Donor Disclosure in Limbo and a Sudden Silence from the Republican Governors Association

APOC Watch is a regular feature from campaign finance expert Paula DeLaiarro. When Alaskans passed Ballot Measure 2 in 2020, they ushered in more than...

Three Weeks Before He Died, Don Young Warned the Alaska GOP About Nick Begich

Just weeks before the late Rep. Don Young died on a flight back to Alaska, he gave a stern warning at a state GOP...

Did Dunleavy’s State-Paid Surrogates do any Real Work on Public Time?

Recent press coverage of the Dunleavy for Governor campaign has focused on the collusion between that campaign and the Independent Expenditure group, “A Stronger...

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