Alaska needs an efficient commuter rail system — why wait to build it?
I recently spoke with a European friend who told me she wants to visit Alaska, travel, and hike around the state. She was ...
A new frontier? How Alaska’s elections could show what’s to come for Nevada’s
Nevada is deciding whether to adopt a similar system to that of Alaska’s through ranked-choice voting and an open primaries.
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Rep. Bryce Edgmon talks travel infrastructure, processing plant closures in lead-up to election
Edgmon attended a community forum in Unalaska and fielded questions from locals about the Alaska Marine Highway System, ...
A Ranked-Choice Voting Farce in Alaska
One candidate for Congress is a federal prison inmate. Another wants a secession vote. Democrats fear the inmate may hurt Rep ...
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Alaska Supreme Court rules that incarcerated candidate can appear on U.S. House ballot
The one-page decision by the Alaska Supreme Court guarantees that two convicted felons will appear on Alaska’s ballots in ...
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Idaho’s Prop 1: Enacting Rank Choice Voting and a Top 4 primary for state elections
A Top 4 primary is more challenging as a policy, however, as it almost requires by design either a candidate winning without ...
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Alaska House race in South Anchorage presents contrasts, despite common party affiliation
Both candidates are Republicans, but they differ in their ideas about bipartisan caucuses, state employee retirement benefits ...
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Juneau’s public safety radio system hardly works. This election, Juneau voters are being asked to overhaul it for $12.7M.
City officials say the radio system that police and firefighters in Juneau use is outdated. It was only designed for an eight ...
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A new frontier? How Alaska’s elections could show what’s to come for Nevada’s
Opponents argue the system would cause mass confusion and disenfranchise voters. In Alaska, the ranked-choice voting system, which passed by fewer than 4,000 votes, has its fair share of ...
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Trump endorses Begich in Alaska’s U.S. House race
The endorsement comes three months after the former president accused Nick Begich of costing Republicans Alaska’s seat in ...
Man Serving 20-Year Prison Sentence Allowed to Remain on Alaska Ballot
State Superior Court Judge Ian Wheeles rejects request by the Alaska Democratic Party to remove Eric Hafner from the November ...
Judge allows a man serving a 20-year prison sentence to remain on Alaska ballot
A judge has ruled that a man who is serving a 20-year prison sentence can remain on Alaska’s ranked choice general election ballot in the race for the state’s only U.S.