Politics Aug 17 Palin advances in Alaska’s U.S. House seat race, Murkowski in Senate race Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and her Trump-endorsed Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka have advanced from Tuesday's primary.
Politics Aug 16 2022 Alaska Primary Election Results Alaska voters got their first shot at using ranked voting in a statewide race Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in which Sarah Palin seeks a return to elected office.
Politics Jun 22 Alaska U.S. House candidate withdraws, scrambling special election race An Alaska elections official says the fifth-place finisher in the special primary for the state's U.S. House seat will not advance to an August special election following the withdrawal of independent Al Gross, who was in third place.
Politics Jun 18 Race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat heats up as Palin seeks return to elected office Palin attributed her decision to resign in 2009 to an onslaught of records requests and ethics complaints that she said were frivolous and had become time consuming and distractions. She said she “did the right thing.”…
Politics Jun 05 Palin among 48 candidates vying for Alaska House seat The huge number of candidates and the short timeline for holding the election after Republican U.S. Rep. Don Young's death on March 18 has some voters overwhelmed and scrambling to learn more about their options.
Politics Apr 04 WATCH: After committee deadlock on Jackson’s SCOTUS nomination, Democrats push full Senate vote With three Republicans supporting her in the 50-50 split Senate, Jackson is on a glidepath to confirmation and on the brink of making history as the third Black justice and only the sixth woman in the court’s more than 200-year…
Nation Jan 06 U.S. holds first lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic refuge A state corporation, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, was the main bidder on the leases. Its executive director, Alan Weitzner, in a statement, said in acquiring nine tracts, "Alaska preserves the right to responsibly develop its natural resources."…
Politics Dec 03 U.S. plans oil, gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic refuge Conservation groups criticized Thursday's announcement as rushed and based on environmental reviews that are being challenged in court as flawed.
Politics Nov 11 Republican Dan Sullivan wins Alaska’s Senate race The race was determined too early to call on Election Day with a large number of outstanding absentee ballots. State election officials began counting more than 150,000 absentee and other ballots on Tuesday.
Nation Oct 19 Bill Walker, Alaska governor, suspends re-election bid Walker's decision to suspend his campaign came three days after the sudden resignation of Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott over what Walker described as an inappropriate overture toward a woman.