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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- After President Donald Trump returned to office, Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared "happy days are here again." He likened Trump's friendly approach to energy development as "Christmas every day" for a state whose fortunes rise or fall with oil.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska's Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America's tallest peak as Denali -- weeks after President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- In the early days of President Donald Trump's second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times -- stunning for a congressional Republican who has faced his wrath before and yet remains unbowed by pressure to embrace his agenda.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- President Donald Trump's expansive executive order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders who see new fossil fuel development as critical to Alaska's economic future and criticized by environmental groups that see the proposals as worrying in the face of a warming climate.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday calling for North America's tallest peak -- Denali in Alaska -- to be renamed Mount McKinley, reviving an idea he'd floated years ago and drawing a rebuke from Alaska's Republican senior senator.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump promised repeatedly during his campaign to expand oil drilling in the U.S., which is good news for political leaders in Alaska, where oil is the economic lifeblood and many felt the Biden administration has obstructed efforts to boost the state's diminished production.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska voters were deciding a hard-fought race for the state's only U.S. House seat that could help decide control of that chamber. They were also deciding whether to repeal the state's system of open primaries and ranked choice general elections just four years after opting to give that system a go.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska voters were deciding Tuesday a hard-fought race for the state's only U.S. House seat that could help decide control of that chamber. They were also choosing whether to repeal the state's system of open primaries and ranked choice general elections just four years after opting to give that system a go.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska voters were deciding Tuesday a hard-fought race for the state's only U.S. House seat that could help decide control of that chamber. They were also choosing whether to repeal the state's system of open primaries and ranked choice general elections just four years after opting to give that system a go.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alannah Hurley still gets choked up recalling Democrat Mary Peltola's election to Alaska's only U.S. House seat in 2022. Hurley, like Peltola, is Yup'ik and called Peltola's election -- in which she became the first Alaska Native in Congress -- monumental for Hurley and her daughters.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska and her main rival for the state's only House seat, Republican Nick Begich, faced off in a wide-ranging debate late Thursday, touching on topics including support for Ukraine, abortion and guns.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- A man who is serving a 20-year prison sentence can remain on Alaska's ranked choice general election ballot in the race for the state's only U.S. House seat, a judge ruled Tuesday.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in Alaska's U.S. House primary last week can advance to November's ranked choice general election.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Two candidates who combined received just over 1% of the vote in Alaska's U.S. House primary last week can advance to November's ranked choice general election.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- The Alaska Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for a measure aimed at repealing the state's new open primary and ranked choice general election system to remain on the November ballot.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing the fate of an initiative set for the November ballot that seeks to repeal the state's new open primary and ranked choice general election system.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- The Alaska Supreme Court is set to hear a case Thursday that will decide whether a measure to repeal the state's new open primary and ranked choice general election system will remain on the November ballot.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, has advanced to November's ranked choice general election for the state's lone U.S. House seat, along with Republicans Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola catapulted to office in 2022 with a campaign that emphasized civility in politics. She became the first Alaska Native in Congress and the first Democrat in 50 years to hold the state's only House seat.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- An initiative aimed at repealing Alaska's ranked choice voting system still has sufficient signatures to qualify for the November ballot, attorneys for the state said in court filings Tuesday, days after a judge disqualified some of the booklets used to gather signatures.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- A state court judge on Friday disqualified numerous booklets used to gather signatures for an initiative that aims to repeal Alaska's ranked choice voting system and gave elections officials a deadline to determine if the measure still had sufficient signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- State election officials acted properly when they allowed sponsors of a measure aimed at repealing Alaska's ranked choice voting system to fix mistakes with dozens of petition booklets after they were already turned in, an attorney for the state said Tuesday.