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The Good, The Bad and—wait—Who? 2023 legislator rankings

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With the 2023 legislative session but a dusty memory on the horizon, we asked you to help us figure out who was the best, the worst and the most under-the-radar legislators. This year, the survey was filled out more...
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‘Unfathomable.’ Senate Education chair blasts proposal to limit trans kids’ participation in school sports

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‘Unfathomable.’ Senate Education chair blasts proposal to limit trans kids’ participation in school sports Attempts to ban or limit transgender athletes’ participation in school sports have failed in the Alaska Legislature, but that hasn’t stopped the Dunleavy administration from pushing...
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‘We’re sub to the EPA’s dom.’ Alaska commissioner sends BDSM-themed letter to the feds

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I can't believe I'm about to write the words that I'm about to write. Alaska Department of Environmental Commissioner Jason Brune this week sent a BDSM-themed letter to leadership at the Environmental Protection Agency complaining, among many things, that the...
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‘It’s far better than a default.’ Alaska Rep. Peltola votes for debt deal

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With a vote of 314-117, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to raise the debt ceiling as part of a mad dash to avoid a federal government default next week. The deal was reached over the weekend...
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Dunleavy adds GOP ally Tuckerman Babcock to UA Board of Regents

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You know what they say: There are always more far-right conservatives in the sea. After the Alaska Legislature rejected the appointment of far-right conservative Bethany Marcum, the key architect behind this cycle’s attempt at unconstitutional gerrymandering, for a seat on...
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Another Dunleavy official with disturbing views on women has resigned

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In a shocking-even-by-today’s-standards report dropped Tuesday, Alaska Public Media pulled several years of podcasts by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s policy advisor on “pro-family” issues into the light. It wasn’t pretty. In the more than 100 hours reviewed by the outlet, now-former “pro-family”...
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Supreme Court finds Dunleavy’s attack on unions violated a litany of state labor laws

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A year into his first term, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration set out on a mission to undermine public unions under a wildly expanded reading of the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Janus v. AFSCME. Even though that case dealt...
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Legislature left permanent school funding increase near the finish line

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Easily the most important topic of the session, a permanent increase in education funding has been the subject of many hours of legislative hearings, rallies, lengthy public testimony hearings, a legislative walk-out and the focus of several bills. Why...
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The winners and losers of the 2023 legislative session

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It's been a week since the Alaska Legislature ran into the constitutional 121-day limit, failing to pass a budget and sending things into one-day overtime to pass the budget. As we pick up the pieces and work out what...
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Sound off: Rank the legislators

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After the Alaska Legislature's 2023 legislative session mercifully came to an end, sparing us yet another year of wondering about a budget and government shutdown, we're here to ask the serious questions: Who were the good legislators, who were...
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