The Alaska Public Offices Commission has refused to be drawn into a tightly contested Senate race this year.
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Task force to gather testimony on sex trafficking in Alaska
Gathering information about the scale of the problem of sex trafficking in Alaska will be the focus of a state hearing on the issue next week. The lengthily titled State of Alaska Task Force on the Crimes of Human Trafficking, Promoting Prostitution and Sex Trafficking will hold hearings in Anchorage and Bethel. Cori Badgley is…
Juneau Assembly declines to get involved in Auke Bay speed limit issue
The Juneau Assembly this week decided not to request lower speed limits as part of an Alaska Department of Transportation project in the Auke Bay area. That means the section of Glacier Highway from Auke Lake to the intersection with Back Loop Road will continue to be designed for a 40 mile per hour speed…
Parties back Wilson and Olsen, ignore Johansen
Party leaders and their allies are investing in two candidates for the Ketchikan-Wrangell-northern-Prince-of-Wales-Island House seat. But a third, who has represented most of what’s now House District 33 for three terms, is getting nothing.
Finance reports: Thomas tops Kreiss-Tomkins
More money is going into the House District 34 campaign than any other race in Southeast. That’s the new Sitka-plus-Southeast Islands district, a close race between incumbent Bill Thomas and challenger Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
Stedman fund-raising twice Kookesh total
There’s a significant fund-raising gap between the two incumbents fighting to represent a new Southeast Senate district. Here’s a look at some of the details of the District Q race between Bert Stedman and Albert Kookesh.