Advocates for keeping the judges say opposition to the judges could harm the state’s tradition of choosing and keeping judges based on merit.
Andrew Kitchenman
State Government Reporter, Alaska Public Media & KTOO
State government plays an outsized role in the life of Alaskans. As the state continues to go through the painful process of deciding what its priorities are, I bring Alaskans to the scene of a government in transition.
Legislators fighting PFD cut explain their ideas to close budget gap
The PFD veto of $666 million covered a little more than a fifth of the budget gap.
Walker pauses bond sale to pay for public worker pensions
While Walker’s administration has the authority to issue the bonds, the legislature would have to appropriate money to pay them off.
Anti-incumbent mood could threaten Republican-led House majority
The legislature that voters send to Juneau in January will be very different than the one that left in July.
Wielechowski, Kastner fight for votes in East Anchorage
Wielechowski has been in the news this year for filing a lawsuit to keep Permanent Fund dividends whole.
Q&A: Legislative aide lobbied for amendment that could benefit son in sex crime case
KTUU is reporting that a local legislative aide tried to affect a state law in a way that would benefit his son, who state prosecutors said sexually abused a 12-year-old girl when he was 18. KTUU reporter Austin Baird discusses the story.