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With no limits, deep-pocketed donors play an outsized role in shaping Alaska's elections
Just 2% of all contributions made to non-congressional candidates account for 52% of all the money they've raised.
Alaska's U.S. Senate primary will have two Sullivans — but will it have two Dans?
At no point did it seem like the state's case was a winning one, but ruling doesn't quite close the book on the Division of Elections' efforts to minimize the perceived threat to GOP control of the U.S. Senate.
Dan J. Sullivan case may boil down to a technicality — even if the state's case is baloney
There's a bit of a wrinkle in the case that could make what looks pretty cut-and-dried a little more complicated
Dan Sullivan disqualified for going by Dan, AKLNG bill clears the House
The state concedes no single thing is disqualifying about Petersburg Sullivan, just the narrative around him.
AKLNG advances without option for local governments to cut their own deals
With a little more than a week remaining in the special session, the gasline subsidy bill is nearing a vote in the House — without one of the big-ticket items advocated for by allies of the North Slope Borough.
My way-too-early gubernatorial tier list and AKLNG grinds on
Tired of all those issue-based candidate surveys? Snoozer! Then I've got you covered with my V.I.B.E.S.-based system.
Legislators dismiss the AKLNG ‘razzle dazzle,' and Dunleavy's vetoes show what's at stake in the race for governor
The big takeaway from the first full week of the special session is that Alaska's fortunate they didn't rush it through.
Sine Die and Summer School
If the first hearing of the special session is anything to go by, it's no wonder the governor is in such a rush to pass the AKLNG bill.