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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy sets state record for most vetoes in a single Legislature

Eight other bills await a final decision, plus the possibility of a multibillion-dollar tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.

Key backer of RCV repeal caught in Medicaid fraud crackdown

Repeal Now is the latest campaign supporting an initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primary system.

Christian Nationalist lawmaker gets a slap on the wrist for threatening paper over Charlie Kirk coverage. She says she’s being silenced.

Homer Rep. Sarah Vance likely violated state ethics laws when she used her legislative office to threaten the Homer News over its coverage of a memorial she helped organize for Charlie Kirk.

Alaska will have two Sullivans on the ballot, but will it have two Dans?

After today’s oral arguments in front of the Alaska Supreme Court, it’s all but certain that Alaska’s primary election ballot will have two Sullivans.

Alaska brought on a right-wing attorney to defend the decision to remove Dan J. Sullivan from the ballot

The lawyer hails from a conservative Lower 48 law firm and helped shield the Republican National Committee from being investigated over its ties to the Jan. 6 insurrection. 

Confidential document guided Alaska senators working on natural gas pipeline tax break

A secret agreement provides the most detailed insight yet into one of the world’s largest prospective natural gas projects.

‘You don’t need any special legal training to smell a rat.’ Legislators question Dan J. Sullivan’s removal from the ballot

At Monday's joint hearing of the House State Affairs and Judiciary committees on the Division of Elections' decision to block a Petersburg man named Dan J. Sullivan from running against U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, it was pretty clear that many Republicans had already accepted the narrative as true and the response warranted. 

Lawsuit argues Alaska election officials can’t disqualify Dan J. Sullivan — even if he was running as decoy

Even if Petersburg Dan J. Sullivan were running against Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan with the intent to confuse voters a new lawsuit says it wouldn’t give the Alaska Division of Elections the power to disqualify him.

Group behind latest effort to repeal ranked-choice voting is intentionally misleading voters, complaint alleges

The 2024 effort to repeal ranked-choice voting was dogged by constant, serious allegations of campaign finance violations, and it appears this election cycle's effort isn’t much different.

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