A pair of resolutions registering the Alaska Legislature’s opposition to President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming Denali is set to be heard on Monday.
The roughly two-week timeline for determining the outcome of razor-thin races is nothing new in Alaska elections, but several close, high-profile races in recent years are pushing politicians in Juneau toward significant election reform during this legislative session.
Over the past month, I’ve written stories that explore how Alaska’s multipartisan coalitions in both chambers of the state legislature might mesh with Donald Trump’s simultaneous return to the White House.
With his fingerprints on more than 70 start-ups in Alaska, incoming Anchorage Rep. Ky Holland boasts many years of developing and promoting new businesses in the 49th state.
The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation can’t find a private company willing to pay $50 million for the final design and engineering work on a proposed gas pipeline unless there is a pledge to get that money back from the state.
Alaska’s open primary and ranked-choice voting system helped deliver bipartisan majorities in both chambers. Members and labor leaders say this will help prioritize investments in working-class issues.
The election of Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress is expected to bring new challenges for people to access abortions, reproductive health care and gender-affirming care nationwide, but advocates in Alaska see hope in state's election.
Key flips by Democrats, independents and bipartisan-minded Republicans mean the Alaska House will join the Senate in organizing into a multi-partisan coalition.