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Lt. governor certifies coastal management initiative

A citizens' initiative to establish a coastal management program has been certified for the ballot but it might not be needed.

Romney builds delegate advantage

It may not be pretty. It may not be a love fest. But Mitt Romney is starting to inch away from the pack in his drive for the Republican presidential nomination.

Photos: Super Tuesday voting

Alaska Republicans pick Romney in presidential preference poll

Palin: "Anything is possible" if her name is called at GOP convention

Alaska Republicans pick Romney in presidential preference poll

Mitt Romney won the Alaska GOP's presidential preference poll Tuesday, edging out Rick Santorum in a race Romney won handily four years ago.

Photos: Alaska preference poll

Romney builds delegate advantage

Photos: Super Tuesday voting

AG: Treadwell didn't misuse office with endorsement

Alaska's attorney general says Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell didn't misuse his office in endorsing Mitt Romney for president.

Chicago woman accuses Cain of bold sexual advance

Speaking in a halting voice, a Chicago-area woman accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain on Monday of making an unwanted sexual advance against her more than a decade ago, saying she wanted to provide "a face and a voice" to support other accusers who have so far remained anonymous.

Alaska's governor signs federal debt limit pledge

At least four Republican governors, including Alaska's Sean Parnell, have signed a pledge urging Congress to oppose any increase in the U.S. debt limit unless certain conditions are met.

Talks: Inflation change could cut Social Security

Bill would target sex trafficking within Alaska

An Alaska lawmaker has proposed a bill tightening punishments and closing legal loopholes for sex trafficking within the state.

Murkowski doubts vote certification this week

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says it's unlikely her still-disputed race will be certified this week.

People caught up in the Abramoff corruption inquiry

The lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and businessmen caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe

Individual national race results

Election outcomes across the country

NATIONAL ELECTION

Republicans gain control of House of Representatives

Republicans won control of the House and cut deeply into the Democrats' majority in the Senate in momentous midterm elections shadowed by recession, ushering in a new era of divided government.

Obama signals compromise with GOP on tax cuts

Obama adviser Rouse keeps low profile

President Obama is replacing his brash chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, with a former Alaskan whose low public profile belies the huge influence he wields from Capitol Hill to the White House.

North Pole rep puts fence around junk

State Rep. Tammie Wilson of North Pole has put a plywood fence around her property to comply with Fairbanks Borough code after a neighbor complained to the borough about scattered junk on the property.

Lawmakers reject Palin nominee for Fish Board

JUNEAU -- Alaska sportfishing groups flexed their muscle and successfully blocked a commercial fisherman from taking a seat on the Board of Fisheries.

McCain, Obama get tough and personal

John McCain assailed Barack Obama's character and his campaign positions tonight, hoping to turn their final presidential debate into a launching pad for a political comeback. Unruffled, Obama parried each charge, and leveled a few of his own.

Members of Congress previously charged with crimes

Senators who have been indicted in the last three decades: