“There’s going to be a lot of people that think there were nefarious things going on. We don’t think so,” - Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a news conference on Monday
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and Stephen Cox, general counsel to Dunleavy, speak at a news conference on Sep. 7, 2026 defending the decision to re-certify Treg Taylor as a candidate for governor on the general election ballot, citing issues with dozens of candidates’ financial disclosure reports and litigation risks if he were disqualified. (Photo by Wil Courtney)
Alaska Department of Law says it found dozens of potential gaps in candidates’ financial disclosures
By James Brooks
A decision that reversed Alaska Republican governor candidate Treg Taylor’s disqualification was motivated in part by a review that found 91 possible disclosure problems among 121 state-office candidates, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom said Monday.
The doors to the Office of the Governor are seen Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, on the third floor of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
By James Brooks
Among the 91 candidates flagged by the Alaska Department of Law for possible omissions are all four finalists — one Democrat and three Republicans — in Alaska’s election to replace Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
Here’s what the report said about each governor and lieutenant governor candidate.
A California tech company recently tested its drone-based cloud-seeding technology in Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Rainmaker Technology Corp.)
By Max Graham, Anchorage Press
A California tech company is facing an uproar from local residents and elected officials after launching a drone near the small Alaska fishing town of Homer with a goal fit for a sci-fi novel: to create rain and snow.
Election workers sort ballots at Contra Costa County’s election operations facility on May 27, 2026 in Martinez, California. (Photo by Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)
By Jacob Fischler, States Newsroom
A U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting, like the executive order from President Donald Trump that spurred it, is unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said in a Friday order extending a freeze on the policy.
The Trump administration quickly appealed the order to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday.
Then Sunday, the administration also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the preliminary injunction, saying Talwani rushed it without considering the actual text of its final rule.
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