1+ day, 59+ min ago   (428+ words) Home » Barbara Haney: Eight questions the Fairbanks Assembly should answer before voting on 2026-25 This is not a question of whether you like organized labor. It is a question of procurement, of who bids on borough work and what the borough…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1068+ words) Home » The Alaska Story investigation: How ‘ranking the red’ really works when the Republicans don’t consolidate Sept. 8, 2026 – A computer simulation of a hypothetical Alaska governor’s race shows how three Republicans splitting the vote against one Democrat could produce sharply different…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (865+ words) Home » ‘Rank the red’ is a slogan, but not a strategy. Alaska’s election history proves it Sept. 6, 2026 – “Rank the red” is a zombie strategy making another appearance in Alaska Republican circles, promoted as a simple solution to the complications created…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (825+ words) Home » Tshibaka-led Alaska Accountability Project says its research helped prompt Dahlstrom’s ballot reversal Sept. 5, 2026 — The Alaska Accountability Project says months of research into candidate financial disclosures helped expose inconsistencies in Alaska’s enforcement system and contributed to Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (696+ words) Home » Suzanne Downing: Alaska’s election system has become a national embarrassment Sept. 5, 2026 – Alaska’s election system was rejiggered to incorporate ranked-choice voting with the grand promise that voters would gain more choice, political parties would surrender some of their control, and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (792+ words) Sept. 4, 2026 – As Alaskans head into Labor Day weekend, the national economy is delivering unexpectedly strong employment news, but Alaska has yet to share fully in the surge. US employers added 162,000 jobs in August, nearly triple what many economists had forecast,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (965+ words) Home » Red tape rollback: Trump administration moves to slash years of review for Alaska oil projects Sept. 4, 2026 – The Bureau of Land Management is proposing a new permitting system that could reduce years of federal review to as little as 60 days…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1758+ words) Home » The Bronson-Church obsession with Bernadette Wilson continues behind the scenes: Document drop Sept. 2, 2026 -Dave Bronson and Josh Church have broken another commitment to Alaska Republicans. When the Bronson-Church ticket received the endorsement of Republican District 9, he agreed in writing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (718+ words) Home » America First Legal sues Alaska Judicial Council over DEI public-records request By THE ALASKA STORY Sept. 2, 2026 – America First Legal sued the Alaska Judicial Council on Wednesday, accusing the judicial screening body of failing to respond to a public-records request…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (317+ words) Home » Division of Elections certifies general election candidate list Sept. 1, 2026 – The Alaska Division of Elections has certified the candidate list for the Nov. 3 general election, with one major question still unresolved: whether the newly assembled Republican ticket of Candi English…...