Elections officials face growing criticism from some Alaskans who characterize the week-long wait to start counting absentee ballots as a failure.
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Warning from left: Deficit could eat Alaska’s Arctic Refuge money
The U.S. Senate tax bill would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil lease sales and split revenues with the state 50-50. Some Alaskans insist the state should get 90 percent, as promised in the statehood act. But if the tax bill passes, some opponents warn the state’s actual revenues from ANWR, no matter how much the oil companies bid, could be zero.
Legislature eyes limit on state government spending
Policy experts say it’s a difficult strategy to put into effect, and Alaska already has a limit – one that critics say hasn’t worked.
Sanders fan and superdelegate re-enact 100-year feud in Facebook spat
Superdelegates, typically chosen in a prior election, serve as a check on insurgencies and passions of the moment.