Peltola said she’s received tons of text messages from Alaskans proposing to end the speaker stalemate the way Juneau often does.
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Alaska legislators say abortion-related legislation is unlikely to advance in the Capitol this year
A bipartisan supermajority in the Senate, plus close margins in the House, means controversial bills on social issues will face major obstacles.
Peltola sees House speaker impasse as a symptom of bigger divisions
Nothing can happen in the House until the members elect a speaker.
Alaska lawmaker can’t block public from social accounts based on their views, judge rules
An Anchorage judge says Sen. Reinbold acted as an official maintaining a ‘limited’ public forum when she blocked an Eagle River woman, but doesn’t resolve why.
How Alaska’s congressional delegation voted on the same-sex marriage and railroad bills, and why
Last week was busy in Congress, with Alaska’s congressional delegation splitting and uniting in surprising ways.
Alaska Rep. Eastman, contending with Red Scare-era disloyalty clause, advances toward trial
The roots of Alaska’s disloyalty clause come from a Hawaiian dockworkers’ strike in the 1940s.