Alaska House of Representatives

Alaska Democrats promote candidates opposing oil tax cuts

The state Democratic Party has jumped into the fight over oil taxes, launching a website to promote its candidates who are "standing up for Alaska."

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ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Updated election results show Measure 1 with slim victory

Updated results from last week's Alaska primary election show a ballot measure concerning property taxes passing by a slim margin. Just 284 votes separated the two sides in voting for Ballot Measure 1.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Alaska election focus shifts to November

With the primary in the books, and at least two incumbent state senators defeated, the election focus shifted Wednesday to November and the fight for control of the Alaska Senate.
POLITICS

Polling places changing for many Anchorage voters

Voters: You should have gotten a voter identification card in the mail attached to a piece of paper that tells your polling place.
LEGISLATURE

Get your tambourines; primary election is a jingle-plosion!

Some elections, candidates smear each other, sling mud and float innuendo. But this year, as days tick away before the Aug. 28 primary, the race for seats in the Alaska Legislature has taken on the flavor of "America's Got Talent." Or, maybe just a junior high talent show.
POLITICS

'Running' to feature legislative match-ups in primary elections

"Running," a program featuring Southcentral candidates running for the Legislature in the Alaska Primary Election on Aug. 28, will air Monday-Thursday on KAKM Channel 7 and KSKA FM 1.1.
ALASKA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

House candidates question incumbent's residency

Two West Anchorage House candidates, a Republican and a Democrat, called an unusual joint news conference Friday to assert that the District 20 incumbent, Republican Mia Costello, lives in another district.
ALASKA SENATE

Sen. French questions legality of Alaska abortion proposal

An Anchorage Democratic senator on Friday asked the state to withdraw proposed regulations for abortion payment conditions, citing in part a legal opinion that they may be unconstitutional.
LEGISLATURE

Group supports candidates opposing large cuts to oil taxes

The public interest group Backbone on Thursday opened its public campaign to champion bipartisanship and elect state senators who would hold the line on oil taxes.
POLITICS

Group will speak in support of Senate coalition

A nonpartisan group formed in 1999 to fight a huge oil merger in Alaska is speaking in support of the Senate's bipartisan coalition.
OIL AND GAS

Parnell administration seeks to hire oil taxes consultant

The Parnell administration, criticized for rushing a bill into the special session this year that some lawmakers considered ill-conceived, is seeking a new consultant to advise it on oil and gas taxes.