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

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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. 
Economy

Alaska state workers rally at the Capitol, calling for salary transparency and pension plan

Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon - 0
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.
Commentary

AIDEA nows says it doesn’t need $50 million for gas line study

Dermot Cole - 0
Juneau Sen. Jesse Kiehl said something not long ago about how the job of a legislator is often to say no.
News

Shocker. Republican who bashed students on social media is skeptical of letting them pre-register to vote

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
House Bill 21 proposes allowing Alaskans to pre-register to vote once they turn 16.
News

Dunleavy manipulated salary study so he could keep underpaying workers, lawsuit alleges

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
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.
News

Alaska Legislature says Denali should stay Denali

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
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.
Economy

Alaska Senate votes unanimously to reject automatic pay raises for themselves, governor and top political appointees

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
The first three weeks of Alaska’s legislative session have painted a grim picture of state spending.
Economy

Legislators take another run at lowering marijuana taxes

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
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.
Economy

After support poured in for school funding, Dunleavy takes talks behind closed doors

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
Negotiators from the Alaska Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy reportedly met today behind closed doors to discuss public education policy.
Health

DOC under-resourced as a mental and behavioral health provider

Rachel Levy - 0
When we think about mental health care across our state, our first thoughts might go toward the few psychiatric institutes, not DOC.
News

Dunleavy takes aim at the First Amendment with anti-protest bill

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday reintroduced legislation aimed at curbing public protests.
News

Alaska House passes clean resolution opposing Denali name change, rejecting GOP attempts to soften message

Matt Acuña Buxton - 0
In its first vote of the legislative session, the Alaska House approved a resolution opposing President Donald Trump’s renaming of Denali but not before far-right Republicans attempted to blunt the message.
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