August 30 By Tess Williams Maurice “Mo” Hughes made history Wednesday when he was promoted to the position of Alaska State Troopers colonel, becoming the first Black person to hold that rank. Hughes will replace Bryan Barlow, who was promoted to deputy commissioner in the…

August 29 By Lauren Camera The head of the European Union’s executive branch and Germany’s chancellor on Monday pledged a reform of the continent’s electricity market to help bring down power prices that have been pushed higher by skyrocketing gas prices. European Commission President Ursula…

August 29 By Iris Samuels The Alaska Division of Elections is set to release final results of the special U.S. House race Wednesday afternoon — forcing organizers to scramble to reschedule a candidate forum to avoid having the candidates sitting on stage when the winner…

August 26 By Iris Samuels The Alaska Division of Elections tallied votes on Friday in the state’s August election, but results in the special U.S. House race won’t be final for days. With a new ballot count released Friday evening, more than 190,000 votes have…

August 26 By Susan Milligan The Democratic president was facing a grim midterm election scenario, and his own popularity problem wasn’t helping down-ticket candidates in his party very much. So the president – in this case, Barack Obama – sent his then-vice president, Joe Biden,…

August 25 By Iris Samuels Democrat Mary Peltola solidified her lead in first-place votes ahead of Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III, after the Alaska Division of Elections counted additional ballots on Tuesday. But results from Alaska’s special U.S. House race won’t be known…

August 25 By Sean Maguire After thousands of by-mail ballots were rejected for the special congressional primary election in June, three civil rights law firms filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, accusing state officials of violating voters’ constitutional rights by failing to implement a process to…

August 24 By Emily Goodykoontz The city is removing Anchorage Human Resources Director Niki Tshibaka from any involvement with personnel complaints filed by public library staff. Instead, the municipal attorney’s office will oversee investigations into complaints, according to a memo from the city’s ombudsman, Darrel…

August 24 By Iris Samuels Republican Tara Sweeney said Tuesday she is dropping out of the U.S. House election, after garnering around 3.7% of votes counted so far in the primary race — which would have been enough to put her in fourth place and…

August 24 By Kaia Hubbard A Democratic candidate won a special election on Tuesday for a House seat in an upstate New York swing district that’s for years moved with the national mood and this year turned to a large degree on a single issue:…

August 24 By Sean Maguire Four legislative candidates have withdrawn so far from the November general election, according to the Alaska Division of Elections. Democrat Drew Cason, a former legislative aide, had less than 5% of the vote before he dropped out of the race…

August 22 By Louis Jacobson After its congressional primaries were delayed due to a late-breaking – and highly disruptive – round of redistricting this year, New York voters are finally poised to choose their nominees for U.S. House seats on Aug. 23. (Statewide offices in…

August 19 By Sean Maguire With a new voting system this year, plus a full slate of high-profile offices and a constitutional convention question on the November ballot, there’s a lot for Alaska voters to take in this election cycle. The Anchorage Daily News is…

August 19 By Susan Milligan Former President Donald Trump could not conceal his glee when his chief GOP nemesis, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, was soundly rejected for reelection Tuesday by her Republican Party primary voters. “Now she can finally disappear into the depths of…

August 18 By Sean Maguire With 98% of precincts reporting Wednesday, Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy was headed to the ranked-choice November general election along with independent former Gov. Bill Walker and Democrat former state Rep. Les Gara. Two conservative Republicans running to the right…

August 18 By Susan Milligan When it comes to public service, David Gergen has the complete resume: he’s worked for four presidents (Republican and Democratic), has been a journalist for both TV and print (including as editor-at-large of U.S. News & World Report), has been…

August 17 By Elliott Davis Jr. Rep. Liz Cheney, an unabashed critic of Donald Trump, became the latest Republican to lose her primary election after voting to impeach the former president, while longtime Alaska Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin advanced in their respective races…

August 17 By Loren Holmes Candidates for state and federal office had a final opportunity to get their names in front of voters’ eyes by waving signs during drive time. Voters who hadn’t cast ballots early went to polling places to participate in the first-ever…

August 15 By Alex DeMarban Global oil and gas companies Santos and Repsol said Tuesday that they will invest $2.6 billion to move ahead with development of a huge oil field on Alaska’s North Slope. The money will cover the initial phase of development at…

August 12 By Kaia Hubbard House Democrats voted Friday to pass a landmark climate, health care and tax bill that is set to deliver on years-long Democratic Party promises in a major turnaround after the legislation seemed doomed just weeks ago. “Today is really a…

August 12 By James Brooks The Alaska Legislature may not set multi-year budgets for public education and other state agencies unless it provides up-front funding, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The decision settles a three-year-old dispute between the Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy. It…

August 11 By Kaia Hubbard House lawmakers are set to return to Washington on Friday to vote on a landmark climate, health care and tax bill. But even before its passage, the legislation is becoming a key component of Democrats’ midterm messaging strategy. After the…

August 11 By Emily Goodykoontz The Anchorage Assembly is beginning an inquiry into the hiring of a Health Department director who fabricated credentials and work history on his resume, and it is looking into whether it can independently vet top executives appointed by the mayor….

August 10 By Susan Milligan The legal walls are starting to close in on team Trump, after federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home Monday and investigations advance in New York and Georgia. But it’s the embattled former president and his loyalists who…

August 10 By Iris Samuels A week before Alaska’s primary election day, Sen. Lisa Murkowski was pumping gas. The moderate Republican, who is often in the center of national attention as a swing vote in the U.S. Senate, had stopped at an Anchorage gas station…

August 9 By Susan Milligan Bipartisanship is back in Washington. And it lives with its bitter cousin, fierce partisanship. The last two weeks have been a dizzying time of legislative activity in Washington and the most consequential and successful period of unpopular President Joe Biden’s…

August 8 By Emily Goodykoontz Anchorage Health Department director Joe Gerace has resigned, citing severe health issues. Mayor Dave Bronson’s office announced Gerace’s departure Monday afternoon in a written statement. “Last week, I suffered a stroke while working and spent three days in the hospital…

August 8 By Alex Trainen The Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the world’s leading analytical center for economic research, published a study on the impact of sanctions on the economies of Russia and countries that have announced sanctions. According to the findings of the…

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…