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Alaskans approve $15 minimum wage, paid sick leave

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska voters have approved an initiative to raise the minimum wage to $15 and guarantee sick leave for most employees.
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Regulators order investigation of GOP group boosting right-wing legislative candidates

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska campaign finance regulators ordered an investigation into the GOP-backed Families of the Last Frontier.
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Campaign regulators seek hefty fines for East Anchorage GOP candidates Wright and Nelson

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton -
Most fines for violating Alaska’s campaign laws accrue daily, meaning overlooked errors from previous elections can snowball into five or six figures over an election cycle or two.
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Rev. Schultz is on a mission to reclaim Christianity from Christian nationalism

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
As the nation hurtles toward election day, Anchorage First Presbyterian Rev. Matt Schultz is warning about a decades-old identity theft scam: Christian nationalism.
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Alaska U.S. Sen Murkowski endorses a no vote on open primaries repeal

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has made a career of working across the political aisle, endorsed a no vote on Ballot Measure 2.
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State-owned Alaska corporation approves up to $20 million for potential Arctic refuge oil bid

Economy James Brooks, Alaska Beacon -
AIDEA voted unanimously to spend up to $20 million to prepare and possibly submit bids in an upcoming oil lease sale in ANWR.
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Anti-RCV groups face even more fines for shady campaigning

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The group pushing for the repeal of Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting system is facing another round of major fines.
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Alaska voters will get the chance to enact campaign contribution limits that GOP legislators blocked

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
After a judge struck down Alaska’s campaign finance limits in 2021, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his allies blocked legislative efforts to cap political spending in Alaska.
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After blocking contribution limits, most conservatives lag in fundraising

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
This year’s election cycle will be the second where candidates can raise unlimited amounts of money from individual contributions after a federal judge struck down limits.
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Breaking down Ballot Measure 2

Elections Holly Todd -
Voter freedom is once again on the ballot.
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