Politics

TV ads drive name recognition, but it’s uncertain exactly how much more they do than that. Yet spending on them will hit record levels in the 2016 cycle.

A legislative panel has voted to sue Gov. Bill Walker to stop Medicaid expansion. The Legislative Council made the announcement after a closed door meeting in Anchorage Tuesday morning.

Jeb Bush is (mostly) right when he says the number of people in poverty increased by 6 million under Obama. But that statistic is more complicated than you might think.

Alaska’s fight for gay rights didn’t start with in 1998, when marriage was defined as only between a man and a woman. It began over half a lifetime ago.

While he served up hot dogs and salmon, picnic-goers were asked what they’d do as governor for the day.

In 19th century Britain, keeping sugar out of tea became a political statement against slavery. The sugar boycott was no easy choice for the radical poet, who hated slavery but loved tea.