Bronson's undermining the city
And that's the point.
Getting in the spirit of the (campaign) season
There are loads of people filing for office and a few that are declining to run again, but let's take a look at three biggest ones from this week.
Covid-19 matters to Bronson… when it comes to cutting
After railing against the assembly’s attempts to curtail the spread of covid-19, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson's suddenly concerned about covid-19... to justify vetoes to public safety and education.
The extreme right gets its candidate for governor
With a glowing endorsement from none other than Joe Miller, Wasilla Republican Rep. Christopher Kurka has his sights set on Dunleavy.
The extreme right is getting more extreme
There, it’s abundantly clear that the rhetoric on the extreme right is only growing more extreme—and doing so quickly—even as cases of covid-19 continue to fall.
A conspicuously skipped coinflip reveals another underhanded redistricting outcome
Thanks to an eagle-eyed observer, the impact of the board's allocation decision means every Republican who's not 100% committed to Dunleavy will face an extra election.
It's rerun season for the far-right
Campaign season is underway and, as much as it’d be great to ignore the whole thing for a couple more months, it’s already feeling pretty familiar.
With thin precedent on redistricting, fate of current plan could be anyone's guess
The last round of redistricting lawsuits didn't do much to answer the question of what precisely a compact, contiguous and relatively socioeconomically integrated district should look like.
Looking ahead at redistricting's next steps
The reality is that we won’t know the impact of any of these changes will have on the political landscape until there’s an election—with the exception of the district held by Rep. Hopkins (oof).
Redistricting Board finalizes plan with attempted dig at dissenters
If the Alaska Native members didn't want to sign on in support of a plan they opposed, chair Binkley suggested their names should be removed from the report.
