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Progressive challengers lead in key Anchorage-area legislative races

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Progressive candidates hold big fundraising leads in several key legislative races on this year’s ballot, including several rematches of races narrowly lost to Republicans in 2022.
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Effort to repeal Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting headed to state Supreme Court

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The controversy-marked effort to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked-choice voting system is headed to the Alaska Supreme Court.
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Murkowski says Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comments are ‘offensive’

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Other Republican legislators have tried to brush past the comments, and Trump has tried to downplay them as a sign of Vance's strong support for families.
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Judicial emergency in Alaska, while Murkowski and Sullivan stick to secrecy

News Dermot Cole -
A judicial emergency is assumed to exist in “any court with more than one authorized judgeship and only one active judge.”
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Bill mandating end to use of PFAS-containing firefighting foams becomes law in Alaska

Environment Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon -
The new law, in effect without the governor’s signature, requires a switch to PFAS-free foams by Jan. 1 and sets up a system to help rural villages get rid of them.
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Alaska highlighted in new Department of Defense Arctic strategy

News Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon -
The newly released strategy cites Alaska’s role in protecting the homeland from increased Russian and Chinese threats.
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Oral arguments begin for former Alaska legislator’s voter misconduct case

Elections Alaska Beacon -
This week marks the beginning of a long-awaited trial for former Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, who is accused of voter misconduct and unlawful interference with voting. 
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Three Alaska GOP lawmakers to attend training hosted by Project 2025 backer

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Three Republican legislators are set to attend a multi-day training session aimed at producing “well-trained Christian, pro-family legislators."
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Judge orders review of open primary repeal petition after problems identified

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The long and twisting path of a right-wing effort to repeal Alaska’s open primaries just got a little longer.
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Dunleavy reappoints Permanent Fund Corp. board chair Schutt after weeks of uncertainty

Economy James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has reappointed Ethan Schutt to a public seat on the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s board of directors, a little over two weeks after Schutt’s prior term expired.
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