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Aug 2025
29:
Dunleavy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Special Session
Aug 2025
11:
A definitive look at the best places for Trump to host Putin during their trip to Alaska
Aug 2025
4:
The Legislature's two overrides were a truly remarkable rebuke of veto-happy Dunleavy
Jul 2025
30:
Dunleavy's special session menu: Reheated leftovers
Jul 2025
23:
With a delegation like this, Murkowski always had a losing hand
Jul 2025
3:
Murkowski's sitting on a fence from a bygone era
Jun 2025
27:
The 'big, beautiful' bill is big and ugly for Alaska
Jun 2025
20:
Dunleavy's oil tax transparency veto underlines the flaws in Alaska's tax code
Jun 2025
13:
Dunleavy has killed the BSA
May 2025
20:
Legislators hold firm, override Dunleavy's veto and adjourn
May 2025
19:
Dunleavy says he had a 'moral imperative' to kill school funding bill
May 2025
19:
Small victories, setbacks and rampant uncertainty define this year's session
May 2025
14:
Legislators unanimously reject Dunleavy appointee with 'particularly disqualifying' views
May 2025
9:
Dunleavy prepares to slash public school funding in fight for half-baked policies
May 2025
6:
Oversight bill seeks to address 'serious and ongoing problem' with oil tax transparency
May 2025
2:
Legislators salvage an education bill as the clock ticks down on the session
Apr 2025
29:
19-1
Apr 2025
23:
33-27
Apr 2025
18:
Dunleavy's education bill alternative would be a boost for some, a cut for the rest
Apr 2025
17:
House passes budget that needs more work, approves cellphone ban that doesn't ban cellphones
Apr 2025
15:
UA Regents' appeasement doesn't spare students or funding / House votes down anti-abortion amendment, cuts trans care
Apr 2025
10:
As everything falls apart, school funding advances and much-delayed salary study is released
Apr 2025
3:
Education bill advances with homeschool testing requirement and UA Regents rebuked for anti-DEI measure
Apr 2025
1:
Public education is 'not failing, it's starving'
Mar 2025
28:
Right-wing candidates are 'saying the quiet parts out loud again' in Anchorage's election
Mar 2025
24:
Dan Sullivan's safe space
Mar 2025
18:
'Funding is a policy.'
Mar 2025
17:
What's next for education funding in Alaska?
Mar 2025
11:
House GOP pushes expanded use of force in the classroom, because of course
Mar 2025
4:
Deep Dive: The flaws in Dunleavy's two-tier education system
Mar 2025
3:
Deep dive: Let's be honest about Dunleavy's two-tier education system.
Feb 2025
26:
Senate rolls out more than just a concept of a fiscal plan
Feb 2025
25:
So, what the heck happened last week?!?
Feb 2025
18:
Trump's mass firings will bring 'a whole lot of hurt' to Alaska
Feb 2025
14:
Trump's mass firing of federal probationary workers is underway, and it's gonna be bad
Feb 2025
12:
Senators: It's 'high time' for new revenue
Feb 2025
11:
Dunleavy administration manipulated wage study to keep underpaying workers, lawsuit alleges
Feb 2025
4:
Day 15: Do we have common ground?
Jan 2025
31:
Day 11: 'Dunleavy says they put money in and will continue to do so.'
Jan 2025
29:
Day 9: 'Vague and confusing'
Jan 2025
28:
Day 8: ‘A five-alarm fire’
Jan 2025
27:
Day 7: 'Denali is more than a mountain.'
Jan 2025
23:
Day 3: 'Significant concerns that I cannot overlook.'
Jan 2025
22:
Day 2: 'An extraordinary burden.' Dunleavy targets mail-in ballots
Jan 2025
21:
AKLEG Day 1: 'There is no way that we can afford that.'
Jan 2025
20:
New Year, New Platform and a New Session of Hope
Jan 2025
15:
Free lunches and free handgun trainings among legislators' school proposals
Dec 2024
13:
Dunleavy's budget banks on wishful thinking
Nov 2024
27:
Bluer skies
Nov 2024
19:
Like clockwork
Nov 2024
13:
'Not on my bingo card'
Nov 2024
7:
The silver linings election
Nov 2024
5:
Another election, same old problems
Oct 2024
15:
For the moderates in Alaska's races, good policy trumps party
Sep 2024
6:
Dunleavy's vetoes highlight the right's weird agenda
Aug 2024
26:
RCV repeal effort highlights 'the danger in the discretion'
Aug 2024
24:
Let’s overreact to the primary election
Aug 2024
19:
Republicans are having a weird time with open primaries and ranked-choice voting
Aug 2024
9:
Unopened polling places are unfortunately 'nothing new' for rural Alaska
Jul 2024
3:
580 signatures
Jul 2024
1:
Homeschool ruling reversed by technicality
Jun 2024
25:
'We have a housing shortage, so what?'
Jun 2024
4:
The road to November
May 2024
30:
'A bigger role'
May 2024
17:
AKLEG: Sine Die
May 2024
13:
AKLEG Day 119: 'Destroying an ant with a bulldozer'
May 2024
10:
AKLEG Day 116: 'A major waste'
May 2024
8:
AKLEG Day 114: 'Cover-yourself behavior'
May 2024
7:
AKLEG Day 113: 'Baubles and trinkets'
May 2024
6:
AKLEG Day 112: 'Mischaracterizes and misreads'
Apr 2024
30:
AKLEG Day 106: 'Deep reservations'
Apr 2024
29:
AKLEG Day 105: 'This difficult interaction'
Apr 2024
25:
AKLEG Day 101: "Sense of the House"
Apr 2024
18:
AKLEG Day 94: Education dividend
Apr 2024
16:
AKLEG Day 92: 'Direct benefit'
Apr 2024
9:
AKLEG Day 85: ‘What’s not in the budget?’
Apr 2024
8:
AKLEG Day 84: 'The absence of a compelling reason.'
Apr 2024
5:
AKLEG DAY: 40 minutes
Apr 2024
1:
AKLEG Day 77: 'High-risk'
Mar 2024
28:
AKLEG Day 73: 'Catch the car'
Mar 2024
22:
AKLEG Day 67: 'Establish and maintain'
Mar 2024
20:
AKLEG Day 65: 'Significant consequences'
Mar 2024
18:
AKLEG Day 63: 39-20
Mar 2024
18:
AKLEG Day 63: 'I will be voting to override'
Mar 2024
15:
AKLEG Day 60: 'Move on'
Mar 2024
14:
AKLEG Day 59: 'I'm not sure.'
Mar 2024
11:
AKLEG Day 56: 'I don't want to teach on the Titanic.'
Feb 2024
28:
AKLEG Day 44: 'I'll veto it.'
Feb 2024
27:
AKLEG Day 43: 'Quit wasting our time.'
Feb 2024
23:
AKLEG Day 39: 'They're not props. They're human beings.'
Feb 2024
22:
AKLEG Day 38: Silence
Feb 2024
20:
AKLEG Day 36: 'A Frankenstein's monster of a bill'
Feb 2024
16:
AKLEG Week 5: 'Yeah, we had a lot of new people.'
Feb 2024
14:
AKLEG Day 30: 'On the topic of pain'
Feb 2024
9:
AKLEG Week 4: 'It's gonna get weirder'
Feb 2024
7:
AKLEG Day 23: 'Call it whatever you want'
Feb 2024
6:
AKLEG Day 22: 'We're all walking off a cliff'
Feb 2024
2:
AKLEG Week 3: No to the Future.
Jan 2024
30:
AKLEG Day 15: State of the State delayed
Jan 2024
24:
AKLEG Day 9: 'It was kinda backed into.'
Jan 2024
19:
AKLEG Week 1: ‘Let the games begin’
Jan 2024
16:
AKLEG Day 1: House GOP kicks things off by saying no to vote on K-12 funding
Jan 2024
13:
Thank you
Dec 2023
20:
The status quo governor
Nov 2023
27:
‘About as backward as it gets’
Nov 2023
3:
'A uniquely bad time'
Oct 2023
27:
The Governor's New Clothes
Oct 2023
23:
Remembering Vic Fischer
Oct 2023
4:
Fairbanks Borough progressives pull off a clean sweep, take majority on Assembly
Oct 2023
3:
A tale of two campaign styles
Sep 2023
25:
Alaska's aging prison population/Anchorage IT director finally out
Sep 2023
22:
A $1,312 PFD and no special session
Sep 2023
15:
'The harm suffered by the public was substantial'
Sep 2023
6:
Feds pull the plug on flubbed ANWR leases
Aug 2023
28:
Corrected: Board of Education calls snap meeting on trans sports ban on THURSDAY
Aug 2023
28:
Board of Education calls snap meeting on trans sports ban
Aug 2023
18:
Dunleavy's new low
Aug 2023
12:
Alaska's (Worrying) Economic Trends
Aug 2023
10:
'Conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership' (and into Alaska politics)
Jul 2023
26:
Dunleavy asks for a do-over on Pebble Mine/Board of Education punts on sports regs singling out trans girls
Jul 2023
24:
Anti-RCV group turns to Soros conspiracy theories
Jul 2023
21:
Treg Taylor's attack on privacy
Jul 2023
17:
RCV opponents hit with more accusations of ignoring state campaign laws
Jul 2023
14:
The Alaska Permanent Fund is at risk
Jul 2023
10:
It's initiative season!
Jul 2023
7:
In the weed(s)
Jul 2023
6:
'Whether by design or through sheer incompetence.'
Jun 2023
26:
‘Relying on ‘corporate assurances’’
Jun 2023
23:
A veto for what? A look at Dunleavy's attack on education
Jun 2023
20:
'Pro-family' Dunleavy vetoes pro-family spending
Jun 2023
16:
'Overjoyed.'
Jun 2023
12:
Sullivan, Dunleavy predictably rush to Trump’s defense/Board of Education advances regulations singling out trans students
Jun 2023
9:
The Good, The Bad and—wait—Who?
Jun 2023
7:
'A spicy metaphor' and Dunleavy's sophomoric slump
May 2023
31:
Another Dunleavy official with disturbing views on women has resigned
May 2023
30:
'Abundant evidence of anti-union animus'
May 2023
26:
Where they left things
May 2023
24:
The winners and losers of the session
May 2023
22:
Sound off: Rank Alaska's legislators
May 2023
19:
Sine die: 'It was a process.'
May 2023
17:
Day 121: 'An extremely difficult year for all of us.'
May 2023
17:
Day 121: 'Kabuki theater'
May 2023
16:
Day 120: House leadership tries to pull the plug on school funding bill
May 2023
15:
Day 119: 'An exercise in futility'
May 2023
13:
Day 117: The cracks are showing
May 2023
11:
Day 115: Marcum rejected and reappointed
May 2023
9:
Day 113: 'We need to do something drastic'
May 2023
8:
Day 112: 'Capitulation would be nice'
May 2023
4:
Day 108: ‘Show some leadership’
May 2023
2:
Day 106: 'Expect nothing less'
May 2023
1:
Day 105: The home stretch
Apr 2023
27:
Day 101: A confetti cannon of unnecessary paperwork
Apr 2023
25:
Day 99: 'God made me, too'
Apr 2023
21:
Day 95: 'Impossible to ignore'
Apr 2023
19:
Day 93: Dunleavy changes course and proposes a sales tax
Apr 2023
18:
Day 92: ‘About as good as it gets’
Apr 2023
12:
Day 86: Out of step
Apr 2023
7:
Day 81: Bronson's losing streak continues
Apr 2023
6:
Day 80: Hostage takers
Apr 2023
3:
Day 77: House approves extra school funding
Mar 2023
31:
Day 74: The kids are still alright
Mar 2023
30:
Day 73: In the 'Parents' Rights' fight, all parents are equal but some are more equal than others
Mar 2023
29:
Day 72: 'It's almost embarrassing'
Mar 2023
28:
Day 71: Mines over matter
Mar 2023
27:
Day 70: 'Other options and other players'
Mar 2023
22:
Day 65: 'A quarter tank of gas'
Mar 2023
21:
Day 64: 'It all has to pencil out'
Mar 2023
20:
Day 63: Sound off on the budget
Mar 2023
16:
Day 59: The kids are alright
Mar 2023
15:
Day 58: Education funding uncertainty
Mar 2023
14:
Day 57: Willow approved
Mar 2023
8:
Day 51: Dunleavy's Don't Say 'Don't Say Gay bill' bill
Mar 2023
7:
Day 50: Legislature nixes pay raises for Dunleavy and his cabinet
Mar 2023
3:
Day 46: Senators demand answers on food stamp backlog. 'We're not afraid of problems.'
Mar 2023
2:
Day 45: 'This isn't your grandma's defined benefit plan'
Mar 2023
1:
Day 44: 'The BSA is the lowest it's been in the last 20 years, adjusted for inflation'
Feb 2023
27:
Day 42: ‘People are literally starving’
Feb 2023
24:
Day 39: Alaska's retirement system is falling short for most
Feb 2023
23:
Day 38: Eastman censured, again
Feb 2023
22:
Day 37: The Financial Dance
Feb 2023
21:
Day 36: 'Benefit to society'
Feb 2023
17:
Day 32: The Alaska model
Feb 2023
16:
Day 31: Who should pay?
Feb 2023
15:
Day 30: Death Tier
Feb 2023
10:
Day 25: Scattered debris
Feb 2023
8:
Day 23: 'It's like you don't give a hoot about our community.'
Feb 2023
7:
Day 22: Anchorage HR director Tshibaka is out
Feb 2023
6:
Day 21: The bipartisan Freshman Caucus and worthwhile tension
Feb 2023
2:
Day 17: Senate goes big on school funding/Chief Justice Winfree gives a fitting farewell
Feb 2023
1:
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Jan 2023
31:
Day 15: EPA delivers long-awaited veto of Pebble Mine
Jan 2023
30:
Day 14: Education funding, the budget and carbon offsets
Jan 2023
26:
Day 10: ‘We're just asking for the crust’
Jan 2023
25:
Day 9: Conservative public pension plan runs into conservative opposition
Jan 2023
24:
Slaughtering the sacred cow: Alaska's budget volatility may put the Permanent Fund at risk
Jan 2023
24:
Day 8: 'The devil's in the details'
Jan 2023
23:
Day 7: Anchorage Assembly takes ‘extraordinary’ measures against Mayor Bronson
Jan 2023
20:
Day 4: The House Majority outlines its priorities, kind of
Jan 2023
19:
Day 3: The House has elected its speaker
Jan 2023
18:
Day 2: No House Speaker or House Speaker vote, yet
Jan 2023
17:
Day 1: An unorganized start
Jan 2023
16:
Holding the majority comes with a price
Jan 2023
13:
Alaska Supreme Court affirms Rep.-elect Jennie Armstrong’s residency
Jan 2023
12:
Supreme Court to hear appeal in Armstrong residency case/Senate majority announces priorities, hints at retirement system changes
Jan 2023
11:
Turns out Dave Bronson is even worse at being mayor than we could have imagined
Jan 2023
10:
Love helps prove Rep.-elect Jennie Armstrong's residency
Jan 2023
9:
2022 wasn't as bad as expected, but then again we weren't expecting much
Jan 2023
3:
Ruling in Eastman trial won't be appealed, allowing the Oath Keeper to keep his seat
Dec 2022
23:
Oath Keepers ARE anti-government but that doesn't disqualify Rep. Eastman, judge rules
Dec 2022
21:
The wild, often ’outrageous’ trial against Oath Keeper Rep. David Eastman comes to a close
Dec 2022
19:
The complicated, straightforward case against Rep. David Eastman
Dec 2022
14:
If it quacks like a duck. Eastman trial gets underway
Nov 2022
26:
The Return of the Coalition
Nov 2022
23:
RCV tabulation delivers three comeback victories, leaving House split (for now)
Nov 2022
22:
The road to the ranked-choice voting tabulation
Nov 2022
20:
Murkowski takes lead in latest results/AK House nears the numbers for bipartisan coalition
Nov 2022
18:
Judge tosses suit challenging Dem. candidate Armstrong’s residency as too early and too late
Nov 2022
15:
Democrats, independents make key gains in latest legislative results/APOC to weigh subpoenas in Dunleavy coordination case
Nov 2022
14:
Candidate Armstrong, Division of Elections move to toss eligibility lawsuit over timing
Nov 2022
11:
What to expect when you're expecting (election results)
Nov 2022
9:
Five too-early takeaways from Alaska's election
Nov 2022
7:
What's at stake?
Nov 2022
1:
Dunleavy admin takes new shot at university scholarship fund despite protections he signed
Oct 2022
26:
APOC punts on complaint against pro-Dunleavy group, OKs continued spending at ‘own peril’
Oct 2022
25:
Grunwald ditches Pierce while Dunleavy says it'd be 'unfair' to judge candidate
Oct 2022
24:
Long-rumored sexual harassment allegations against Charlie Pierce brought into the light
Oct 2022
21:
A brazen election scheme or clever new loophole? APOC hears latest battle over pro-Dunleavy group
Oct 2022
20:
Peltola speaks at AFN/APOC expedites latest complaint against Dunleavy/Debate takeaways
Oct 2022
19:
Latest complaint alleges pro-Dunleavy group is 'nothing more than smoke and mirrors'
Oct 2022
18:
Looming school closures expose the reality of a 'balanced budget'
Oct 2022
17:
Campaign finance regulators find no evidence of ‘ongoing coordination’ between Dunleavy and PAC
Oct 2022
16:
APOC hears complaint on Dunleavy coordination and hint at much bigger problems
Oct 2022
12:
APOC finds ‘reasonable cause’ to believe Gov. Dunleavy and Dunleavy PAC illegally coordinated
Oct 2022
10:
Local elections see shift in tactics after last year's far-right flop/Notes from the federal candidate forum
Oct 2022
4:
Constitutional convention backers see PFD as 'spark' for complete rewrite
Oct 2022
1:
Legislators tell Eastman to take some personal responsibility for Oath Keeper membership
Sep 2022
29:
Permanent Fund board ignored 'good process' in firing CEO Rodell, investigation finds
Sep 2022
23:
Eastman’s membership in Oath Keepers likely bars him from state office, judge rules
Sep 2022
16:
The Congresswoman for All Alaska
Sep 2022
1:
Republicans upset with Alaska's special election should look in the mirror, not at the repeal of RCV
Aug 2022
31:
Mary Peltola wins Alaska’s first RCV election, set to be first Alaska Native congressperson
Aug 2022
31:
Results in Alaska's first RCV election are due today. Here's where to watch and what to expect.
Aug 2022
29:
Ranked choice voting is a dagger in the heart of party control. No wonder the GOP wants it repealed.
Aug 2022
26:
Meditations on ranked choice voting in the 49th state
Aug 2022
17:
Peltola, Palin lead in the special election, and the open primary is fascinating
Aug 2022
15:
What to know about Alaska's consequential low-stakes election
Aug 2022
11:
Where there's smoke, there's fire. Assembly comes to grips with Gerace deception
Aug 2022
10:
The fox pledges to investigate the henhouse
Aug 2022
5:
And the award goes to...
Aug 2022
3:
Don't call it a wave, but progressives hold cash advantage in most key races (Part 2)
Aug 2022
1:
Progressive candidates hold fundraising edge in most key races for Legislature (Part 1)
Jul 2022
21:
Deep pockets inundate Alaska's race for governor
Jul 2022
18:
Bronson's deplorable, predictable humanitarian crisis isn't so bad, just ask Bronson
Jul 2022
13:
Bronson administration turns 1, gets the gift of accountability
Jul 2022
11:
Birds of a feather trump together
Jul 2022
1:
An Alaska getaway/Let's talk about the strategy of ranked-choice voting
Jun 2022
28:
Juneau’s gruff-and-lovable Dennis Egan has died/Dunleavy signs budget with $400M in vetoes
Jun 2022
27:
Sweeney misses the ballot, but Begich could be the real loser of the special election
Jun 2022
23:
Lawsuit filed seeking to add Sweeney to ballot /Witness signature was leading cause for ballot rejections
Jun 2022
22:
Division of Elections says it’ll be a three-way race for U.S. House
Jun 2022
21:
Gross withdraws, leaving uncertainty about his spot in the special election
Jun 2022
16:
Here's one weird, proven trick to cut the number of mail ballots rejected by the State of Alaska
Jun 2022
15:
Alaska's mail ballot rejection rate has been high, but its impact is severe in a by-mail election
Jun 2022
13:
Palin leads the special election, but wave of rejected ballots raise questions
Jun 2022
10:
Let's finally talk about the special election
Jun 2022
9:
Sen. Reinbold was too powerless for her social media considered a public forum, attorney argues
Jun 2022
3:
The surprises, headscratchers and intriguing takeaways in this year's legislative races
Jun 2022
2:
Here's everyone who filed to run for the Alaska Legislature
Jun 2022
1:
Filing day update: We're down to a single empty race
May 2022
31:
Twas the night before the filing deadline
May 2022
24:
Alaska Redistricting Board abides by Supreme Court decision, locking in revised map for 2022
May 2022
24:
Alaska Supreme Court strikes down GOP-friendly gerrymander, orders new map for 2022
May 2022
23:
Redistricting isn't just political anymore, it's personal
May 2022
20:
The highlights—and lowlights—of the end of the legislative session
May 2022
19:
Sine die/Borromeo: Redistricting appeal is ‘not legitimate’
May 2022
18:
Legislature's budget negotiators land on payout up to $3,850/Alaska Redistricting Board appeals
May 2022
17:
Judge strikes down Redistricting Board's do-over as do-over of unconstitutional gerrymander
May 2022
12:
Alaska Redistricting: Can you wash the stink off a gerrymander?
May 2022
11:
Alaska Redistricting Board’s conservatives were just as partisan as the first time, challengers say
May 2022
11:
Senate passes largest* budget in state history
May 2022
10:
Senate approves $5,500 payout in spending spree
May 2022
5:
Senate advances 'turducken' budget, House passes VPSO reform bill
May 2022
4:
Senate to vote on GOP bill banning trans youth from girls’ sports, backers claim they’re protecting cis girls who train hard and ‘watch their diet’
Apr 2022
26:
Alaska Redistricting trial comes down to conflicting opinions of judge's opinion
Apr 2022
25:
Redistricting trial marches on with hearing, new challengers
Apr 2022
14:
And now for a brief intermission
Apr 2022
13:
Alaska Redistricting Board adopts GOP-friendly plan, pairing Eagle River with South Anchorage
Apr 2022
11:
GOP senators bash GOP-favored redistricting plan as ‘absolutely ridiculous’
Apr 2022
6:
Alaska Redistricting Board narrows options for Anchorage Senate maps
Apr 2022
5:
Conservatives push for Eagle River and South Anchorage senate district
Apr 2022
4:
The Alaska Redistricting Board gets back to work, and it could be a long, bitter fight
Apr 2022
1:
Everyone's running for Congress
Mar 2022
28:
Unpacking the Alaska Supreme Court's decision on redistricting
Mar 2022
25:
Let's wildly speculate about the special election
Mar 2022
22:
June 11 is the date for the special primary election to fill Congressman Young's term
Mar 2022
21:
Alaska Supreme Court considers greater checks on Alaska Redistricting Board
Mar 2022
18:
Alaska Congressman Don Young, dean of the house, has died at 88
Mar 2022
17:
Previewing the redistricting trial's date with the Alaska Supreme Court
Mar 2022
16:
Legislature oks subpoenas as investigation into firing of APFC’s Rodell escalates
Mar 2022
15:
Republican legislator's bias proves hairstyle protection bill is needed
Mar 2022
12:
What are we even doing anymore?
Mar 2022
10:
Dunleavy admin wants to keep the door open on Russian investments
Mar 2022
9:
House votes repeal law allowing 14- and 15-year-olds to be married
Mar 2022
8:
Bill would be a game-changer for child care, so of course there's extreme-right opposition to it
Mar 2022
7:
Contribution limits are a longshot after Dunleavy sides with unlimited money
Mar 2022
3:
For a Few Unlimited Dollars More. Regulators open the door to unlimited political contributions
Mar 2022
2:
House Coalition goes back to 2008 in proposing $1,300 Energy Relief Check
Feb 2022
25:
What a week it's been.
Feb 2022
24:
Don’t feed the bears.
Feb 2022
22:
Trump-era decision on Ambler ignored subsistence issues and tribes, argues Biden admin
Feb 2022
18:
‘So what?’ How arrogance sank the Alaska Redistricting Board’s Republicans
Feb 2022
17:
Redistricting Board's conservatives vote to appeal ruling that found they can't ignore public input
Feb 2022
16:
Judge strikes down redistricting decisions on East Anchorage senate pairings, Skagway-Juneau maps
Feb 2022
15:
House continues effort to understand Oath Keepers' alternate reality
Feb 2022
14:
Redistricting trial wraps up. Legislature works to understand Oath Keepers' oath.
Feb 2022
9:
'Alaska still stands.' Chief Justice Winfree strikes hopeful note in first address
Feb 2022
8:
'It's not actually a promise,' Dunleavy administration says of state scholarship programs
Feb 2022
7:
The Budget Bully
Feb 2022
4:
A speedbump on the way to the Supreme Court
Feb 2022
3:
Skagway, the Juneau Road and the tricky question of socioeconomic integration
Feb 2022
2:
Dunleavy runs up the state's tab; redistricting board dodges race-based complaint
Jan 2022
31:
House takes a swing at Eastman and misses
Jan 2022
28:
Two cases wrap up in redistricting trial with more to come
Jan 2022
27:
The Alaska Redistricting Board takes the stand in defense of Valdez pairing
Jan 2022
26:
In search of loving home: Valdez
Jan 2022
24:
Redistricting trial enters its second day with a focus on the Mat-Su-Valdez connection
Jan 2022
21:
Redistricting trial gets underway and it's going to be a weird one
Jan 2022
20:
Dunleavy loses another lawsuit over boneheaded loyalty pledge firings
Jan 2022
19:
Alaska Supreme Court upholds ranked voting, non-partisan primaries
Jan 2022
18:
Session is on and there's already plenty to unpack.
Jan 2022
17:
With pressure mounting over Rodell firing, Dunleavy throws a tantrum over coverage
Jan 2022
14:
Twas the Friday before session
Jan 2022
13:
Tribal recognition 'long overdue' and the Legislature treads old ground
Jan 2022
12:
Smartphone-driven covid-19 exposure notifications finally come to Alaska
Jan 2022
10:
Murkowski on Jan. 6: 'I'm not sure the worst is behind us.'
Jan 2022
6:
The lies that led to Jan. 6 are alive and well
Jan 2022
5:
The best non-political things of 2021, according to me
Jan 2022
4:
Omicron and Alaska's testing blind spot
Dec 2021
31:
Alaska and the terrible, horrible, mostly bad year
Dec 2021
28:
One last Lora Reinbold newsletter for 2021
Dec 2021
23:
Redistricting and omicron, oh my
Dec 2021
20:
‘This is going to be a real nightmare.’ Redistricting lawsuit gets underway
Dec 2021
17:
Dunleavy's budgeting 'like a bunch of drunken monkeys'
Dec 2021
15:
Let's look into the redistricting lawsuits
Dec 2021
14:
Surprise! Bronson did, in fact, meddle with the city's water supply.
Dec 2021
13:
Anchorage is a clown car and Bronson’s at the wheel
Dec 2021
10:
'What the hell is going on?'
Dec 2021
8:
Back in Twitter Jail.
Dec 2021
7:
Bronson's undermining the city
Dec 2021
3:
Getting in the spirit of the (campaign) season
Dec 2021
1:
Covid-19 matters to Bronson… when it comes to cutting
Nov 2021
29:
The extreme right gets its candidate for governor
Nov 2021
24:
The extreme right is getting more extreme
Nov 2021
22:
A conspicuously skipped coinflip reveals another underhanded redistricting outcome
Nov 2021
19:
It's rerun season for the far-right
Nov 2021
17:
With thin precedent on redistricting, fate of current plan could be anyone's guess
Nov 2021
13:
Looking ahead at redistricting's next steps
Nov 2021
10:
Redistricting Board finalizes plan with attempted dig at dissenters
Nov 2021
9:
Alaska Redistricting Board shows its ugly, partisan colors with Eagle River fix
Nov 2021
9:
Redistricting Board settles Senate pairings for all but Anchorage
Nov 2021
6:
Redistricting Board approves new House districts after tense day
Nov 2021
3:
It's aliiiiiiive. Campaign contribution limits revived by APOC.
Nov 2021
2:
Grifty, conspiratorial and anti-science. The vaccine-skeptic summit was peak Bronson.
Oct 2021
29:
Their lies are killing us and lining pockets.
Oct 2021
27:
In prove-it moment for the extreme right, Zaletel recall falls on its face
Oct 2021
13:
Anchorage Assembly passes mask mandate, Bronson manages to both-sides the hate
Oct 2021
11:
Bronson, allies accuses Assembly of overstepping bounds that they themselves are trampling
Oct 2021
11:
Bronson, allies accuses Assembly of overstepping bounds that they themselves are trampling
Oct 2021
8:
Bronson administration meets the consequences of their anti-science, pro-covid actions
Oct 2021
6:
'The pilot here doesn't understand our plane is crashing.'
Oct 2021
1:
From covid-19 to elections, the Bronson administration isn't acting in good faith
Sep 2021
30:
After wave of antisemitism and hate, it’s clear why Bronson doesn’t want the pandemic to end
Sep 2021
28:
Hate-filled backlash is making it harder to want to run for office. And that's the point.
Sep 2021
27:
The Anchorage Assembly's pending mask mandate is a big deal.
Sep 2021
24:
'Low-risk doesn't mean no risk.' The problem with playing the odds with covid-19.
Sep 2021
23:
If Bronson and Dunleavy won’t step up on covid-19, they should at least stop making it worse
Sep 2021
22:
'We are the worst place in the pandemic.' Alaska begins rationing care statewide
Sep 2021
17:
Political opportunism is dragging out the pandemic and state's fiscal uncertainty
Sep 2021
15:
The definition of insanity
Sep 2021
14:
Have a nice trip, see you later this fall
Sep 2021
13:
A divided Legislature stumbles once again
Sep 2021
11:
A step forward and two unvaccinated steps back
Sep 2021
8:
'The less covid, the better for us.'
Sep 2021
7:
Hospital capacity matters but fewer covid-19 cases would be even better
Sep 2021
3:
Covid-19 seizes the legislative spotlight (that it should've had all along)
Aug 2021
31:
A $1,100 PFD and a lot more left
Aug 2021
30:
The Game of Leverage and Concocted Constitutional Crises
Aug 2021
24:
Redistricting gets underway and Alaska's investment income takes center stage
Aug 2021
23:
Legislature's bipartisan baby steps run into instant gratification problem
Aug 2021
20:
Garas and Walkers and Bear Doctors, oh my!
Aug 2021
19:
The Senate Finance Committee's had it with Dunleavy
Aug 2021
17:
Legislators publish balanced path to larger PFDs. Dunleavy sticks to demands.
Aug 2021
16:
PFD in peril. The special session is a big bet by Dunleavy
Aug 2021
14:
He's running... and demanding that taxes be put to a vote of the people
Aug 2021
12:
Dunleavy lets PCE ruling stand, avoiding risk of expanded precedent
Aug 2021
11:
Judge rules PCE cannot be emptied as Dunleavy administration had claimed
Aug 2021
10:
Dunleavy supports a sales tax to cover cost of larger PFD, drops demand for voter approval
Aug 2021
9:
The PCE lawsuit is going to be a game-changer no matter the outcome
Aug 2021
6:
The PCE lawsuit gets it day in court, Morgan resigns and Dunleavy proposes—GASP—revenues
Aug 2021
5:
'Nobody believes that.' Conservatives balk as the consequences for their actions come due
Aug 2021
2:
With the special session delayed, legislators continue work on fiscal plan
Jul 2021
31:
The delayed special session is nearly as weird as the 2022 elections are looking
Jul 2021
28:
The problem with 'We’ll figure it out later' fiscal plans
Jul 2021
26:
Sloppy and manipulative reporting landed Bronson with a $52,650 fine, but it's likely to happen again
Jul 2021
23:
The Legislature's long-shot fiscal plan comes into very blurry focus
Jul 2021
22:
Dunleavy fired anti-Trump attorneys, what will he do now one's exposed as a racist homophobe?
Jul 2021
20:
Dunleavy's gambit on PCE could have far-ranging consequences
Jul 2021
19:
AFN, others file lawsuit against Dunleavy's 'back-door veto' of Power Cost Equalization
Jul 2021
16:
The long-awaited final order in Recall Dunleavy lawsuit is finally out and it's a doozy
Jul 2021
14:
Bronsonville was spiraling, so the Assembly gave it a 'quiet death'
Jul 2021
13:
Ranked-choice voting is here to stay. (Probably)
Jul 2021
12:
Politics are a long game and Alaska summers are short
Jul 2021
9:
With few details, Bronson hopes to dodge public input on mass shelter
Jul 2021
8:
Gara for governor? And the working group gets underway
Jul 2021
7:
The success of the Legislature's working group hinges on compromise, so don't hold your breath
Jul 2021
6:
Dunleavy has made a real mess of things, but at least there's a silver lining
Jun 2021
30:
Dunleavy's short-sighted PFD shenanigans could upend Alaska's budget process
Jun 2021
29:
Alaska's saved from the brink of shutdown by a... working group
Jun 2021
28:
The clock's ticking if legislators want to avoid a shutdown
Jun 2021
25:
Deal coming together to avoid government ‘pause’
Jun 2021
24:
With shutdown looming, Dunleavy renews push for $2,350 PFD that legislators already rejected
Jun 2021
23:
The firefighter and the arsonist
Jun 2021
22:
Dunleavy has painted himself into a corner and is trying to sue his way out
Jun 2021
17:
Dunleavy pledges shutdown, demands Legislature appease House Republican minority
Jun 2021
16:
In night of excuses, Republicans vote against budget, the PFD, PCE, scholarships and oil credits
Jun 2021
15:
As end nears, legislators look to spread the pain if compromise fails
Jun 2021
14:
A $1,100 PFD or consequences
Jun 2021
12:
'I don’t believe it.' Legislators trash Dunleavy's dividend plan
Jun 2021
10:
'Pick. Click. Pay your taxes.' Or don't.
Jun 2021
8:
The ‘$100,000 dividend’
Jun 2021
4:
Who's the worst legislator?
Jun 2021
3:
‘The governor’s plan works fiscally IF’
Jun 2021
2:
Don’t call it an income tax, call it an income fee
Jun 2021
1:
There's very little certainty in Dunleavy's budget plan
May 2021
28:
‘We don’t have a crystal ball,’ Dunleavy team admits when pressed on budget plan
May 2021
27:
Permanent Fund spending limit 'merely a guideline,' argues Dunleavy administration
May 2021
26:
'Total frustration' as Legislature's budget battle to drag on past Memorial Day
May 2021
25:
Something doesn't add up with Dunleavy's dividend plan
May 2021
24:
The pandemic takes a turn toward personal responsibility
May 2021
21:
Like it or not, the $2,300 PFD is a major turning point
May 2021
20:
$2,300 PFD and a $1.5 billion overdraw
May 2021
19:
The best laid plans of budgets and transparency
May 2021
18:
An ignoble end to session
May 2021
14:
Down, but not out
May 2021
13:
Dunleavy's conversation starter on the PFD will end with big cuts or big taxes
May 2021
12:
Of confirmations and Anchorage elections
May 2021
11:
Operating budget clears the House with several GOP amendments and one big problem
May 2021
10:
Oh, the things left to do
May 2021
7:
The brewing battle between the haves and have nots
May 2021
6:
The Senate operating budget has a point to make
May 2021
4:
Angry, Young and Sick. Fairbanks' covid-19 surge could be a sign of things to come.
May 2021
3:
After long, exhausting and mostly dumb weekend, the House postpones final debate on the budget
Apr 2021
30:
As the budget advances, the size of the PFD starts to take shape
Apr 2021
29:
After marathon session, Legislature finally approves covid-19 disaster declaration
Apr 2021
28:
Who could've possibly seen this coming?
Apr 2021
27:
We're all over the pandemic, but that doesn't mean it's over
Apr 2021
26:
And the Reinbold came back the very next day
Apr 2021
23:
Want to buy: More time
Apr 2021
22:
The problem with high-tech solution to elections
Apr 2021
21:
One thousand four hundred twelve rejected ballots
Apr 2021
20:
The end of the Chair Reinbold Era
Apr 2021
19:
It's almost nearly time for the budget
Apr 2021
16:
Domino's Pizza Tracker, but for voting
Apr 2021
15:
Hands off my private business
Apr 2021
14:
How to force a conversation
Apr 2021
13:
A little insurance policy
Apr 2021
12:
Navigating the pandemic's sea of gray areas
Apr 2021
9:
'We will do whatever we can to be obstructionists'
Apr 2021
8:
There are strange things done in the Capitol gym
Apr 2021
7:
A year of more questions than answers
Apr 2021
6:
It's going to be 'halfway' through session forever
Apr 2021
2:
Anchorage’s election is as boring as it is consequential
Apr 2021
1:
How's Alaska's economy doing? Not great but it also kinda depends
Mar 2021
31:
The never-ending storm
Mar 2021
30:
A word of warning as the 2022 election season gets underway
Mar 2021
29:
Lowered expectations
Mar 2021
26:
Stumbling Towards Adjournment
Mar 2021
25:
This isn't going away anytime soon
Mar 2021
24:
Navigating the marketplace of bad ideas
Mar 2021
23:
When will it be safe to stop wearing seatbelts?
Mar 2021
22:
It's budget closeout week in the House
Mar 2021
19:
This may take a while
Mar 2021
18:
Lora, you're embarrassing yourself
Mar 2021
17:
The Big Lie, blockchain voting and the Domino's Pizza Tracker
Mar 2021
16:
This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them!
Mar 2021
15:
A welcome change of pace
Mar 2021
12:
What a year, what a week, what a day
Mar 2021
11:
This is all silly
Mar 2021
10:
Alaska opens the doors wide
Mar 2021
9:
The need for public condemnation
Mar 2021
8:
Substantial litigation risk
Mar 2021
5:
Jumping the shark
Mar 2021
4:
Murkowski backs Haaland for interior secretary
Mar 2021
3:
A formula for disaster
Mar 2021
2:
The merry world of alternative facts
Mar 2021
1:
Weekend warriors
Feb 2021
26:
Loaded for bear
Feb 2021
25:
Covid-19 comes to the capitol
Feb 2021
24:
Flying blind
Feb 2021
23:
Remembering Katie Hurley
Feb 2021
22:
35 days in, 55 days to go
Feb 2021
19:
A mockery of a charade
Feb 2021
18:
'It saddens me to make this decision'
Feb 2021
17:
Organizing matters
Feb 2021
16:
A House somewhat less divided
Feb 2021
15:
Rolling the dice
Feb 2021
12:
The House makes it to 21
Feb 2021
11:
'We don’t know, we don’t think so'
Feb 2021
10:
'It makes us feel like you don't care'
Feb 2021
9:
Who will bag our groceries?
Feb 2021
8:
The equity of emergency funding
Feb 2021
5:
‘We’ll get through whatever we’re getting through right now’
Feb 2021
4:
There is no bottom
Feb 2021
3:
How low can we go?
Feb 2021
2:
Time flies when you're having fun (spending down $16 billion)
Feb 2021
1:
Another.
Jan 2021
29:
The Last Park Ranger
Jan 2021
28:
The bullied pulpit
Jan 2021
27:
The weaponization of disinformation
Jan 2021
26:
Predictably repulsive
Jan 2021
25:
The problem with platforming Nazis
Jan 2021
22:
Setting the course for session
Jan 2021
21:
A flimsy foundation
Jan 2021
20:
It’s a new day but the House is stuck in 20-20
Jan 2021
19:
The best laid plans and plexiglass
Jan 2021
18:
Deep Breaths
Jan 2021
14:
Coming soon
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