"Les Gara"

Rep. Les Gara, an Anchorage Democrat, wants to ban partisan ads in the guide, a booklet that’s mailed to every voting household.

The Alaska State House has a approved a deal to give the state’s refineries – and one fertilizer plant — up to $200 million in subsidies.

A bill crafted by the Administration would prop up Alaska’s three remaining oil refineries with $150 million in state funds.

A measure adding same-sex partners to a bill allowing military spouses to keep their driver’s licenses was rejected.

…then House Speaker Mike Chenault would be a mechanized tyrannosaurus shooting flames from his haunches.

A measure setting up an Alaska Transportation Infrastructure Fund has gotten some traction in the House. But two companion bills are not seeing the same attention.