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Nonpartisan open primaries let Alaskans choose values over party • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

In 2022, Alaska voters for the first time used nonpartisan open primaries to choose candidates for the general election. Every voter, regardless of political registration, received the same ballot. And every ballot listed every candidate in every race. In this style of primary, voters could support a mix of Republicans, Democrats, independents and third-party candidates, […]

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Disagreements between Alaska House Republicans stalled education work for three weeks • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

During Alaska’s biggest education debate in years, the House Education Committee, one of the main avenues for debating policy in the Capitol, has been silent. Because of a dispute between its two Republican co-chairs, the committee hasn’t met in three weeks. “It’s kind of a tragedy that the education committee is not meeting when we’re […]

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Some skepticism as Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposes biggest use of executive power in decades • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

In an unusual use of executive powers, Gov. Mike Dunleavy this month issued 12 executive orders abolishing state boards and granting new powers to the heads of state departments. The orders, which account for almost 10% of all executive orders issued since statehood and are equal to the number of all executive orders issued in […]

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Political pressure builds as state-led Alaska LNG project goes another year without a deal • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

Political pressure is building on Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration to show progress on its huge state-sponsored liquefied natural gas export project, as it asks the Legislature for another $4.5 million to keep it alive. Boosters say there’s still substantial interest from potential investors and partners in the $43 billion Alaska LNG project, amid […]

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No Alaska governor has ever so boldly held schools and students as political hostages • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

Gov. Mike Dunleavy sank to a new low last week when he vetoed a bipartisan, long-needed comprehensive education funding package that had passed the House and Senate by a combined 56-3 vote. Yet he reached for new heights in explaining his low decision to deny school districts their first meaningful increase in state funding since […]

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State lawsuit claims federal government owes Alaska $700 billion for quashing Pebble mine • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

The federal government owes Alaska more than $700 billion in compensation for the 2023 Environmental Protection Agency action that blocked development of the massive and controversial Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration claims in a lawsuit filed in a federal court. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims […]

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Alaska governor bans big new contracts with companies that boycott Israel • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a far-reaching administrative order on Monday that calls for public agencies to stop doing business with companies that support an economic boycott of Israel. The order makes Alaska the 38th state to take executive acts or pass legislation against boycotts intended to support Palestinians. Many of those actions are years […]

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Alaska politicians contemplate first statewide borrowing request since 2012 • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

Alaska lawmakers are considering whether to ask voters for permission to borrow money for major upgrades to the state’s electrical grids, they said this week. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded the Alaska Energy Authority a $206 million grant to upgrade electrical transmission lines in Southcentral Alaska. That grant must be matched by […]

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Alaska Legislature fails to override $87 million education funding veto • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

The Alaska Legislature failed on Thursday to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $87 million in bonus public school funding last year and likely set a precedent for the way future legislatures consider veto overrides. Thursday’s vote was 33-26 and did not fall along party or caucus lines. Forty-five votes were needed to override. The […]

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Alaska pays $350,000 to settle last wrongful-firing lawsuit from loyalty-pledge scheme • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

The state of Alaska has paid $350,000 to settle a four-year-old lawsuit that found Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his former chief of staff personally liable for illegally firing a state attorney. The settlement with Elizabeth Bakalar ends a series of state and federal lawsuits triggered when Dunleavy and former chief of staff Tuckerman Babcock — […]