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The Political Logic Of Willow Project’s Approval | #alaska | #politics

community members demand President Biden stop the Willow Project. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for This is Zero Hour) Getty Images for This is Zero Hour In 2020, Candidate Biden pledged not to allow drilling on public lands and waters. In 2021, President Biden announced a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% […]

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Maine to hold ranked-choice runoff election for House seat | #alaska | #politics

(NewsNation) — Maine’s 2nd Congressional District is headed for a ranked-choice runoff after neither candidate secured 50% of the votes needed. Incumbent Democratic Rep. Jared Golden led his Republican challenger Rep. Bruce Poliquin with 48.2% of the total vote, just shy of carrying the race. The runoff will be determined by the 6% of votes […]

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After special election loss to Peltola, Palin and Begich both say ‘rank the red’ | #alaska | #politics

A James Brown impersonator led a conga line at a sparsely attended rally Sunday, sponsored by a political action committee. About 100 people were in the room when Sarah Palin took the stage. (Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media) The Republicans in Alaska’s U.S. House race are now both saying they want their supporters to […]

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First-time Alaska legislative candidates are trying to make their mark before Election Day | #alaska | #politics

Caroline Storm talks to Peggy Baker. (Photo by Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) As the sun set over Turnagain Arm, Caroline Storm trudged through unshoveled snow to knock on doors in a middle-class South Anchorage neighborhood tucked between two highways. “Let’s try Peggy and Hannah,” she said, looking at an app on her phone that lists […]

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Alaska voters say they’re worried about climate change. Here’s where the candidates stand. | #alaska | #politics

Students made signs with slogans condemning a lack of political action on climate change, March 15, 2019. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Alaska is at the forefront of climate change in the U.S. — it’s warming faster than any other state, and more than 60% of Alaskans say it’s an issue they’re concerned about. Alaska Public Media sent […]

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Why Rep. Mary Peltola Wore Traditional Yup’ik Boots to Her History-Making Swearing-In Ceremony | #alaska | #politics

SPIROS HALARIS This August, Democrat Mary Peltola shocked the nation when she won a special election in Alaska, flipping a long-held Republican seat to become the state’s sole U.S. representative. In doing so, she also made history, becoming the first Alaska Native ever elected to Congress and the first woman to represent the state in […]

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Mary Peltola sworn in as 1st Alaska Native in Congress | #alaska | #politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Mary Peltola was sworn in Tuesday night to finish out the remaining months of the term of the late Rep. Don Young, making her the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and the first woman to hold the seat. “To have a seat at the table is different,” Peltola told […]

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Five takeaway lessons from Alaska’s first ranked choice election | #alaska | #politics

Gail Fenumiai, director of the Alaska Division of Elections, laughs with Brian Jackson, election program manager, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, at division headquarters in Juneau as they prepare to reveal the results of Alaska’s first ranked choice election. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Division of Elections on Friday certified the state’s Aug. […]

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Ketchikan Republicans censure Sarah Palin over ‘bridge to nowhere’ controversy | #alaska | #politics

Sarah Palin holds up a T-shirt labeled “Nowhere, Alaska 99901” during a gubernatorial campaign forum in Ketchikan in 2006. (Creative Commons photo by Bob Weinstein) Ketchikan’s local Republican Party chapter voted Monday evening to censure Sarah Palin. The former governor is vying to replace Congressman Don Young, who died in March. Laura Antonsen is the […]

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Alaska Native candidates for US House talk land into trust, climate change | #alaska | #politics

Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska host a virtual forum for Alaska Native candidates for U.S. House on May 26, 2022. (Screenshot) “I would be no more prouder in my life than to have an Alaska Native be the U.S. Congressman,” the late Alaska Rep. Don Young said at the […]