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Signatures can be gathered for 2026 repeal vote on Alaska voting system, lieutenant governor says

Courts Alaska Beacon -
Less than four months after Alaska voters rejected a ballot measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system, the state’s lieutenant governor has OK’d a new petition-gathering effort to repeal the system. 
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Alaska state workers rally at the Capitol, calling for salary transparency and pension plan

Economy Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon -
The Alaska State Employees Association filed a lawsuit this week seeking to compel the release of a statewide salary study, which they say is essential to union wages and a stable retirement.
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Shocker. Republican who bashed students on social media is skeptical of letting them pre-register to vote

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
House Bill 21 proposes allowing Alaskans to pre-register to vote once they turn 16.
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Dunleavy manipulated salary study so he could keep underpaying workers, lawsuit alleges

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Dunleavy administration has been vague and non-committal about a long-overdue wage study that legislators hoped would shed light on chronic problems of public sector worker shortages and turnover.
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Alaska Legislature says Denali should stay Denali

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Senate today voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling on Trump and the federal government to undo the renaming of the nation’s tallest mountain.
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Alaska Senate votes unanimously to reject automatic pay raises for themselves, governor and top political appointees

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
The first three weeks of Alaska’s legislative session have painted a grim picture of state spending.
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Legislators take another run at lowering marijuana taxes

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
It’s been ten years since Alaska voters legalized recreational marijuana, but businesses say they have little to celebrate under the strain of a tax system.
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After support poured in for school funding, Dunleavy takes talks behind closed doors

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
Negotiators from the Alaska Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy reportedly met today behind closed doors to discuss public education policy.
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Dunleavy admin noncommittal about overdue wage study, even as governor and top officials are set for automatic pay raises

State Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
As the governor, legislators and other top political appointees are set to get automatic cost-of-living adjustments, Dunleavy administration officials were vague and non-committal about when legislators and the public will get to see the results of a long-delayed million-dollar...
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Alaska campaign regulators slap anti-open primary groups with another round of hefty fines

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The sprawling campaign behind the failed voter initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting system has continued to lie to the public about how it was funded.
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