13+ hour, 18+ min ago   (437+ words) Sarah Short, a Republican candidate for House District 13 in Anchorage, sued the Alaska Public Offices Commission and the Alaska Division of Elections on Thursday, arguing that she was improperly disqualified from running in the primary after failing to file a…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (262+ words) The Alaska Legislature will join Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration in seeking to defend the state’s anti-bootlegging punishments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the joint House-Senate Legislative Council voted to hire an outside attorney to draft…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1355+ words) The Alaska Democratic Party is asking a court to reverse the Dunleavy administration’s decision allowing a Republican legislative candidate to remain on the ballot, despite his initial refusal to declare his financial interests. The court challenge could have far-reaching implications…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (225+ words) Towns all along the Alaska border are hurting because of the bullying, posturing and insulting rhetoric from President Trump against our closest ally and neighbor. His on-again, off-again tariffs and annexation nonsense vis-a-vis Canada may be standard play for controlling…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (439+ words) Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom late Friday night reversed her 4-day-old decision to reject Treg Taylor’s candidacy for governor, reinstating him onto the November ballot. In a prepared statement issued after 10 p.m., Dahlstrom, a Republican who oversees Alaska’s elections, said she…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (451+ words) The pilots who died alongside six passengers when the plane they were flying crashed while attempting to land at a remote Southwest Alaska radar site last month were identified Friday by the company operating the aircraft. Anchorage-based Security Aviation said…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (597+ words) President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to come to Alaska before the November election to help boost the candidacy of Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan. The incumbent senator is in a closely watched race with former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1746+ words) U.S. House candidate Bill Hill trails freshman incumbent Rep. Nick Begich by 12 points in this month’s open primary, and longtime Alaska political consultants say they believe that Hill has little chance of winning. But Hill, who’s running as an independent, says…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (529+ words) The namesake challenger to Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan isn’t backing out of this year’s race, but the Democratic fourth-place finisher in Alaska’s primary has withdrawn, a move that will elevate a little-known Republican onto the ballot. The shake-up came Monday,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (432+ words) Tom Begich, the Democratic former state lawmaker who finished second in Alaska’s crowded gubernatorial primary, said Friday that he is dropping out of the governor’s race and endorsing Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. Begich was the first Democrat to enter the race…...