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Friday, Sep 11
APOC denies expedited review of disclosure complaint against Johnson
Regulators denied both of Joel Borgquist's requests to fast-track disclosure complaints against candidates. Johnson's goes to a normal investigation.
by Lucas Brown2mo ago2 min read
New independent expenditure group registers in Anchorage to back Nellie Jimmie's re-election
A new group will spend without limits to re-elect Rep. Nellie Jimmie. Its chair is general counsel of the Native corporation for her region.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
APOC denies fast-track review of disclosure complaint against Wilson
State regulators will not fast-track a disclosure complaint against Bernadette Wilson. It goes to a normal investigation, with a hearing by Oct. 8.
by Lucas Brown2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage police seek help finding Allison Wilson, 41, missing since Thursday morning
Anchorage police are asking for help finding Allison Wilson, 41, who didn't return from her shift Thursday. She drives a maroon Subaru with front-end damage.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Juneau aging commission to vote Sept. 15 on demanding paratransit fix or new contractor
Juneau's paratransit riders have gone ten months without service that meets the contract, the chair of the city's aging commission says.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Thursday, Sep 10
Alaska Supreme Court hears appeal over Kotzebue officer's immunity in 2022 shooting
Supreme Court heards Kotzebue case
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage board sets seven property appeal hearings for next week
Anchorage owners filed a record 1,953 assessment appeals. The city had already found about 660 homes over-assessed before the hearings began.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Three quarters of Alaska's planned college-rule cuts fall on student aid
Alaska's student aid agency plans to cut 205 of its rules, most governing financial aid, under a statewide order to shrink regulation.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
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DNR gives records denial power to two job titles, no named employees
DNR Commissioner John Crowther gave records-denial power to two job titles instead of named staff. The change makes it unclear who can now refuse public records requests.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Juneau driver, 33, dies in Hyer Road crash in Palmer
A Juneau driver died Thursday morning after his vehicle became airborne over the Hyer underpass in Palmer and struck a concrete support.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska Democrats ask Anchorage court to strike Tagle from November ballot
Alaska Democrats are back in court to remove Republican Jose Tagle from the ballot, after Dahlstrom certified him over an APOC finding against him.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read
Alaska clerks are under four weeks out from local elections
Alaska clerks have under four weeks to get local elections ready, and one deadline in the state's own training had already gone by when they were told about it.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska proposes new limits on what insurers pay to treat injured workers
Alaska is proposing caps on what insurers pay to treat injured workers, including limits on creams, patches and compounds. Comment closes Oct. 9.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Kodiak posts its election guide in Tagalog for the island's Filipino voters
Kodiak posted its Oct. 6 election guide in English and Tagalog — reflecting the island's Filipino community and a long effort to help those residents vote.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Oil above $101 puts Alaska's budget on a war in the Persian Gulf
Every dollar oil moves is worth about $35 million to Alaska's treasury. Brent closed above $101 Wednesday, up more than half from a year ago.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read
An ordinance would tighten oversight of Anchorage's staffing overruns
Anchorage's government has run past its budgeted position count five years running. Three Assembly members want future overruns to need the mayor's sign-off.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
About Politics & Government
Politics and government in Alaska takes in state and local elections, lawmaking and public administration. It covers campaigns, ballot measures, campaign finance, legislative and executive action, and decisions by municipal assemblies and borough and city councils.
Recurring questions include how campaigns are funded and who pays for outside spending and political messages, which candidates qualify for the ballot, and how state agencies write and repeal regulations. Local governments such as the Anchorage Assembly and the Ketchikan assembly weigh spending on roads, water systems and police programs.
The subject reaches across the Legislature, state agencies and municipal governments. Advisory boards and councils that take public comment on matters such as state parks and disability policy are part of it as well.
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North Slope oil is running below the state's forecast so far, and the price is running above it
Alaska's oil is flowing below the state's revenue forecast while the price runs above it. The two effects roughly offset, and the year is only ten weeks old.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
The Legislature will spend $50,000 defending the seizure of a pilot's plane
A six-pack of Budweiser cost an Alaska bush pilot his $95,000 plane. The Legislature has now voted $50,000 to defend that at the Supreme Court.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
A remote Alaska village's firefighting enterprise lands more federal work
A firefighting company owned by the remote village of Nulato landed more federal fire work — part of a tribal enterprise that's grown to 200-plus local jobs.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
A parent does not lose custody by placing a disabled child in a facility, Alaska court rules
Alaska Supreme Court ruled a parent cannot escape child support by placing a disabled adult child in assisted care if the parent maintains a custodial role, affirming $640 monthly support in the case.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Troopers arrest Wasilla man on warrants totaling 18 felony counts
Alaska State Troopers arrested Wasilla resident William Paterson Jr. on Sept. 9 on two warrants totaling 18 felony counts of theft, burglary, and fraudulent access device use.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A complaint tied to the Tshibaka-led Accountability Project challenges the Democratic ticket's disclosures
Nothing says airtight like a campaign-finance complaint built on magazine clippings and a hunch. Regulators will hear it Thursday anyway. Nothing's proven 🤷
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago4 min read
Troopers say Minto man, 18, died in accidental rifle discharge
Troopers say Minto man, 18, died in accidental rifle discharge
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Wasilla weighs $569,600 for round-the-clock Fire/EMS dispatch at MatCom
Wasilla City Council will vote Monday on a $569,600 budget amendment to add round-the-clock dual dispatchers at MatCom, funded entirely by the Mat-Su Borough.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Wednesday, Sep 9
Alaska marijuana board revisits under-21 rules after Craig, Klawock checks failed
Alaska Marijuana Control Board will revisit rules keeping under-21s out of pot shops after compliance checks in Craig and Klawock found every store violated the ban.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Bronson calls for bottom trawling ban in state waters at Kodiak fisheries debate
Dave Bronson called for banning bottom trawling in Alaska's three-mile state waters, the only gubernatorial candidate to propose the measure at a Kodiak debate.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Gubernatorial candidates split on Board of Fisheries overhaul
Proposals range from expanding the board to nine or eleven members to stricter recusal rules and industry-conflict guidelines.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Coast Guard finds 15-year-old alive on capsized skiff off St. Lawrence Island; two dead
Coast Guard found a 15-year-old alive on a capsized skiff 4 miles east of St. Lawrence Island on Monday; two other boaters from the same vessel were recovered dead.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Alaska Supreme Court says a sleep clinic performs services in the field of health and owes the tax
Alaska Supreme Court ruled Alaska Sleep Clinic cannot claim the state's small business tax exemption because health services are excluded from it, regardless of company size.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska moves to cut library and museum rules, over public objections
Alaska's education department is moving to cut whole chapters of rules for libraries, museums and archives — over a public that mostly asked to keep them.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min readFrom 
Three Alaska governor candidates agree on the problems, diverge on government's role
Three candidates for governor agreed Alaska faces serious problems but split on solutions at a Tuesday forum. The fourth, Bernadette Wilson, did not attend.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago7 min read
Alaska Supreme Court says a judge may remove a plaintiff from his own trial, after warnings
Alaska's Supreme Court ruled for the first time that a judge can remove a disruptive party from a civil trial, even the one who filed the suit.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
State clears three Anchorage officers in the fatal shooting of Emil McCord
State prosecutors cleared three Anchorage officers of criminal liability in the fatal shooting of Emil McCord, 112 days after it happened.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A conservative group sues Alaska's judicial council for diversity records
A national conservative group founded by Stephen Miller is suing the Alaska Judicial Council for records on how it weighs diversity in picking judges.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom 
Anchorage weighs $2.8M state payment, most of it for winter shelter
Anchorage cut $1 million in contracted surge shelter beds when alcohol tax revenue fell short. State money would put them back ahead of winter.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom 
Anchorage Assembly takes up next year's budget priorities
The Anchorage Assembly takes up its budget priorities for the coming year Tuesday, along with two appointments to city commissions.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A Jeep rolled in Nikiski with a 14-year-old inside and the driver was arrested
A Jeep rolled onto its side in Nikiski with a 14-year-old inside. Troopers arrested the driver for DUI, the third such arrest in the area this summer.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Alaska is adding a fingerprint background check to EMS licensing, starting in 2027
Alaska will require fingerprint background checks for EMS providers starting in 2027, as it joins a national compact letting EMTs work across state lines.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Minnesota hunter cited for wanton waste of a caribou near Sagwon
Minnesota hunter cited for leaving edible meat unsalvaged on a bull caribou near Sagwon and removing antlers before finishing the salvage.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom 
Troopers find drugs on an inmate at the Fairbanks jail
Troopers found drugs on an inmate being booked into the Fairbanks jail Wednesday, the third such investigation there this year.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
