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Complaint calls campaign to repeal ranked-choice voting a ‘grift’

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
A complaint filed today with the Alaska Public Offices Commission takes aim at the relationship between the campaign to repeal Alaska’s voter-approved ranked-choice voting system and Wellspring Ministries, a conservative Anchorage church. The pro-RCV group Alaskans for Better Elections...
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With increased interest post-Roe, Planned Parenthood expands vasectomy care to Juneau and Fairbanks

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
Planned Parenthood recently expanded vasectomy services in Juneau and will soon be bringing the service to Fairbanks, officials said, as the provider sees increased interest in the procedure in the wake of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v....
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Supreme Court to hear case on oil company confidentiality

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
On Tuesday, the Alaska Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging state regulators’ decision to allow Hilcorp to keep financial information related to its 2020 purchase of BP’s Alaska oil and gas assets a secret. The case...
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Dunleavy appoints another GOP ally to UA Board of Regents

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
Hot off the appointment of his former chief of staff, Tuckerman Babcock, Gov. Mike Dunleavy continues to reshape the University of Alaska's Board of Regents with Republican activists. On Thursday, Dunleavy announced he had appointed Fairbanks Republican political activist and...
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After Dunleavy’s school funding veto, legislators call for an override

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Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivered more than $200 million in line-item vetoes to the state's budget on Monday, more than a third of which came from K-12 education funding in a shock to districts around the state. Education...
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Gov. Dunleavy’s vetoes slash school funding increase, social programs

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Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy today vetoed half of the funding the Alaska Legislature put into a one-time increase for public school funding, which was aimed at avoiding or limiting the paint of the harsh financial cliff schools face...
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‘Overjoyed.’ SCOTUS ruling upholding ICWA celebrated in Alaska

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered another shocker today in a 7-2 ruling that upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, a landmark law passed in 1976 that gives preferences for Native tribes when Alaska Native and American Indian children are...
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Questions remain over the cost of Dunleavy’s anti-union lawsuit

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling last month finding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration had violated a litany of state labor laws when it unilaterally changed how union dues are collected with what the court recognized was “abundant...
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New ballot initiative would bring back contribution limits in Alaska elections

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The primary group supporting and defending Alaska's open primaries and ranked-choice voting system is working to bring back a more traditional element of Alaska's election system: contribution limits. The new initiative, which was filed with the Division of Elections in...
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Sullivan, Dunleavy predictably rush to Trump’s defense

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Gov. Mike Dunleavy were quick to come to the former president’s defense after he was indicted Friday on more than three dozen counts he mishandled classified documents. While the other half of Alaska’s...
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