“JKT is a young Alaskan with a view and a perspective that I think Alaska needs right now.” - Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, on why she is crossing party lines in her endorsement in the state’s governor race.
(Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
By Corinne Smith
As the Alaska Department of Natural Resources is deliberating on a controversial no-cost state land transfer in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, legal questions remain around whether the transfer of public lands for private development qualifies as public or charitable use.
By James Brooks
Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and her father, Republican former Sen. Frank Murkowski said Tuesday that they are endorsing the election of Democratic candidate for governor Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
Kreiss-Tomkins and three Republicans — Dave Bronson, Treg Taylor, and Bernadette Wilson — are running to replace incumbent Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who is term-limited and cannot run for re-election this year.
(James Brooks photo/Alaska Beacon)
By James Brooks
Attorneys representing the state of Alaska have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice that is seeking to halt the certification of the state’s ongoing U.S. Senate election.
The lawsuit, ordered by President Donald Trump and filed last week, asks the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska to prevent the Alaska Division of Elections from declaring a winner in the election unless the winner is the incumbent, Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, an ally of the President.
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By James Brooks
For the past eight years, Sarah Vance has been a reliable member of the Republican caucus in the Alaska House of Representatives, winning election four different times in a district covering the southern Kenai Peninsula.
But in this August’s primary election, something unusual happened: An independent challenger, Brent Johnson of Clam Gulch, beat Vance by more than 13 percentage points.
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