Mat-Su Republican proposes bill that would define life as beginning at conception | #alaska | #politics
By Iris Samuels Updated: February 27, 2024 Published: February 27, 2024 Rep. Kevin McCabe, R-Big Lake, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. (Loren Holmes / ADN) JUNEAU — A Republican state lawmaker has proposed a bill that could limit abortion access in Alaska by defining human life as beginning […]
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EDITORIAL: Are culture wars really what Alaska schools need? | #alaska | #politics
The Alaska State Capitol building, photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 in Juneau. (Loren Holmes / ADN) Just about everyone you talk to in Alaska agrees that we need to make improvements in schools. But what those preferred “improvements” look like depend a great deal on people’s personal politics — and lately, Gov. Mike Dunleavy […]
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Alaska House committee advances legislation to repeal ranked choice voting | #alaska | #politics
Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, speaks with Rep. Zack Fields, D-Anchorage on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. (Loren Holmes / ADN) The Alaska House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to advance a bill that would repeal ranked choice voting and open primaries. The bill was first proposed last year by Homer […]
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Alaska Legislature approves $100,000 lawsuit over Dunleavy funding legal challenge to state union dues rules | #alaska | #politics
By Sean Maguire Updated: December 15, 2023 Published: December 15, 2023 The Alaska State Capitol, photographed on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 in Juneau. (Loren Holmes / ADN) JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature on Thursday approved spending up to $100,000 on a lawsuit against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration for ignoring legislative directives and funding a legal […]
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School funding, energy and ranked choice voting: Alaska statewide political stories to watch in 2024 | #alaska | #politics
The Alaska State Senate chamber, photographed on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. (Loren Holmes / ADN) There’s no shortage of challenging questions facing Alaska state officials in the coming year, like how to keep critical offices fully staffed, how to fill a looming shortfall in natural gas supply to […]
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Letter: Alaskans don’t need an Arkansas extremist
By Nina Faust Updated: 12 hours ago Published: 12 hours ago Alaska House Judiciary Committee members should have learned from Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s hiring of Donna Arduin (Kauranen) in 2020 as his director of the Office of Management and Budget, that hiring someone without any background knowledge of Alaska is not in the best interests […]
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