Alaska Senate

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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HEALTH

State still reviewing abortion regulations

The state health department is still reviewing proposed regulations for abortion payment conditions, as well as public comment on the plan.
ALASKA SENATE

State senators note absence of vouchers for heating fuel

Two Democratic state senators from Fairbanks held a press conference Monday to tell Alaskans what will not be attached to their Alaska Permanent Fund checks this year -- a voucher worth 250 gallons of heating fuel.
ALASKA SENATE

Death of wife prompts Roses to suspend campaign activities

Anchorage Senate candidate Bob Roses said Wednesday he was suspending his campaign through Sunday because of the death of his wife, Beverly.
ALASKA SENATE

APOC says Senate candidate failed to disclose clients

The Alaska Public Offices Commission staff said Senate candidate Bob Bell improperly failed to disclose the list of clients of his engineering firm in a filing in May but recommended the maximum $1,040 fine be waived because the disclosure regulation is new.
ALASKA SENATE

Senate panel looks at rising fuel costs

With winter on its way in Alaska's Interior, members of the Senate Energy Working Group met in Fairbanks to discuss the issue of rising heating costs.
ALASKA SENATE

Ad blitz to target Senate Democrats

Don't expect the current lull in political messaging to last long. With billions of dollars in oil taxes at stake and a handful of state Senate seats controlling the outcome, November's election will be a furious media affair.
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.
ALASKA SENATE

GOP incumbents ousted in fight over Senate bipartisanship

Two Republican Senate incumbents -- Linda Menard in Mat-Su and Tom Wagoner on the Kenai Peninsula -- lost to candidates who challenged their membership in the bipartisan coalition that has ruled the Senate for the last four years.
ALASKA-ELECTIONS

Primary election sends Alaskans to the polls

Alaska voters go to the polls today to decide on two ballot propositions and nominate legislative and U.S. House candidates for the November general election. Most of the debate has centered on a ballot measure that would change how projects along Alaska's coastline are regulated.