Alaska

Annette Kreitzer filed as a Republican to run for the seat, which represents Haines, Skagway, Gustavus and parts of North Juneau.

As recently as Tuesday, Glenfarne refused to release its estimates, a sticking point for skeptics. But on Wednesday, the company said it expected the project would cost $44.5 to $54.5 billion.

Both Sullivans are running as Republicans, but the Alaska Republican Party and its allies allege the challenger is exploiting his name to intentionally confuse voters.

Very few tribes in Alaska have authority over land, so they haven’t had a way to open reservation-style casinos like tribes in the Lower 48. Many, like Tlingit and Haida, have sought to assert authority over Native allotments — like this one — owned by individual tribal citizens.

That’s despite the Lower 48 seeing a decrease after federal cuts to the program.

Consumers across the country are contending with sharply higher fuel prices amid a supply crunch brought on by the closure of a key strait in the Middle East. But even residents of California, where $6-a-gallon gas prices are making headlines, would face sticker shock if they traveled to Hooper Bay, or any of the dozens of other villages and hub towns across Western Alaska.