The House’s 36-0 vote on a resolution supporting the Willow project is largely ceremonial but could help sway the Biden administration as the Department of Interior prepares a final record of decision on the project.
Politics
Launch of campaign to repeal ranked choice voting draws a crowd in Anchorage
Repeal sponsor Art Mathias, a longtime Anchorage resident and founder of Wellsprings Ministries, told supporters that ranked choice puts the entire country at risk.
Peltola’s hiring of former Republican legislator sparks outrage among some Alaska progressives
On social media and at an Alaska Democratic party meeting in Juneau last weekend, progressives complained that Revak is too much.
When committee devolves to ‘bickering,’ Alaska congresswoman takes her exit
Choosing to withdraw from the field rather than engage in rhetorical battle? This is a very different Congress member than the one Alaskans had before.
Dunleavy urges Legislature to fund more legal action against Biden administration
Many reasons for optimism in Alaska, Dunleavy says, while calling for state to be ‘most pro-life’ in the U.S.
For rural Alaska lawmakers, local issues trumped party interests and swung the state House
The members of the House’s Bush Caucus explain how and why they flipped control of the chamber.
Alaska House majority forms to the right of the Senate’s
Despite uncertainty going in, both chambers have elected leaders and determined their committee assignments.
Fresh in power, Alaska House’s new Republican-led coalition outlines its priorities
‘Fiscal stability’ is No. 1, but specifics are hard to come by as the group gets organized.
Here’s why a high-stakes debt ceiling fight looms on Capitol Hill
House Republicans want to leverage must-pass legislation to raise the debt limit to extract federal spending cuts, but President Biden and congressional Democrats aren’t interested in negotiating.
17 of 20 Alaska senators are in the majority. What about the other 3?
Two of three outside the supermajority do not have standing committee assignments.