“I will not withhold certification from two candidates on recommendations that, in light of this additional information, I cannot apply with confidence across the field of candidates,” - Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, citing a yet-to-be published review of candidates for governor in her decision to reverse disqualifying Treg Taylor and allow him back on the ballot for the November election.
Former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor speaks at a news conference on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
By James Brooks
Late Friday night, Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom said she will reverse a decision she made Monday and will certify former attorney general Treg Taylor as a final-four candidate in Alaska’s race for governor.
Dahlstrom, who oversees the state’s elections, pointed to an as-yet-unpublished review by the Alaska Department of Law prompting the reversal.
Members of Virginia Professional Firefighters association hold signs during their biannual convention in May to protest Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s veto of collective bargaining legislation. New research found a significant spike in labor union membership, but growth is highly dependent upon state politics. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline
Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states.
The northeastern part of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is seen on June 26, 2014. The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to eliminate the need for environmental studies of individual oil projects in the reserve. (Photo by Bob Wick/U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
By Yereth Rosen
The Trump administration on Friday moved to exempt oil projects in federal territory on the west side of the North Slope from environmental reviews that have been standard for decades.
An industry-initiated proposed rule announced by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management would eliminate the need for review of individual development projects in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, or NPR-A.
A sign in support of Whittier's Samoan residents is seen outside a harbor on July 17, 2025. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
By James Brooks
A three-judge panel of the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled Friday that state prosecutors misled grand jurors who indicted a Whittier resident for allegedly voting illegally.
Had jurors received accurate information, the court said, “the grand jury likely would have declined to indict.”
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