August 5 By Susan Milligan Republicans have spent much of the last 18 months planning for 2023 and beyond. They’re not just measuring the drapes in majority leaders’ offices, they’ve been plotting to eject certain Democrats from House committees, preparing to investigate President Joe Biden’s…

August 5 By Kaia Hubbard The Senate will return to the Capitol on Saturday for a last-minute effort to pass a long-awaited reconciliation package before breaking for August recess, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Thursday. “In the end, we’re going to make good…

August 4 By Annie Berman A second case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Alaska about a week after the first case was reported. Both cases have involved male residents of Anchorage who had recently had contact with someone who traveled outside the state, and…

August 4 By James Brooks A former member of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly is challenging the eligibility of Alaska state Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, for state office. Randall Kowalke, aided by the civil rights law firm Northern Justice Project, filed suit in Anchorage Superior Court…

August 3 By Paul D. Shinkman China signaled on Wednesday it plans to dramatically escalate military provocations aimed at Taiwan to include flying missiles over it for the first time, a clear sign that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s departure from visiting the island nation marks…

August 3 By Julia O’Malley After the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the West unleashed an unprecedented wave of sanctions on Russia, but their negative effect is already being felt not only by Russians, but also by residents of the United States and…

August 2 By Paul D. Shinkman House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday and was met with a a furious screed from China’s Foreign Ministry, which blasted what it considers a “provocative” and “wrongful” act on behalf of the entire U.S. government and…

August 2 By Becky Bohrer Alaska U.S. House candidate Sarah Palin on Monday said the state’s ranked choice voting system “needs to be changed,” though Alaska has yet to conduct an election under the system. The state’s first ranked voting election, under a system narrowly…

August 1 By Lisa Phu The majority of voters going to the polls Aug. 16 will likely be choosing one of three candidates for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat as their pick-one primary option: incumbent Republican Lisa Murkowski, Republican Party-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka or Democratic Party-endorsed Patricia…

July 31 By Iris Samuels Early voting opened Monday ahead of the Aug. 16 primary and special U.S. House general elections. The special U.S. House general election will be the first in Alaska determined by ranked choice voting after Alaskans adopted new election rules in…

July 30 By Riley Rogerson Veterans protested on Capitol Hill this week after Senate Republicans, including Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, stalled a vote on a veterans health care bill. Both nationally and in Alaska, veterans are frustrated that the long-awaited legislation didn’t pass. The Honoring…

July 29 By James Brooks Three sitting judges and two state attorneys are among seven people vying to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Alaska Supreme Court. The Alaska Judicial Council announced the applicants this week, and after a series of surveys, interviews and public…