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Gov. Newsom returns to a defining California fight: Who pays for wildfire damage?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (521+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The bookends of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s nearly eight years in office have been defined by a crucial question: Who should cover the cost of damage from wildfires caused by utility equipment? Months later, Newsom signed a law…...
In photos: Candidates compete for attention in Anchorage on primary election day
3+ week, 4+ day ago (114+ words) Anchorage Daily News Voters streamed into polling places around the city as candidates waved signs from street corners and gathered with their supporters. Candidates in several Alaska races tried to rally votes in their favor by waving signs from Midtown…...
Editorial: The case of the disappearing decision
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (260+ words) For four days, Alaska had an answer to what happens when a candidate defies the state’s financial disclosure law: The Alaska Public Offices Commission investigates, and if the violation is serious enough, the candidate doesn’t appear on the ballot. Late…...
Opinion: The race we lost but the purpose we found
1+ week, 6+ day ago (346+ words) I lost my run for governor of Alaska. It wasn’t close. Yet rather than moving through the familiar stages of bereavement — denial, anger, bargaining and all the rest — Stacey and I seem to have arrived quickly at grateful acceptance. After…...
Shadowy group looks to boost New York felon in Alaska’s U.S. House race
4+ week, 8+ hour ago (573+ words) A mysterious text message was sent to some Alaska voters Friday promoting an incarcerated felon in Alaska’s U.S. House race ahead of the Tuesday primary. In a race that pits Republican incumbent Rep. Nick Begich against well-funded independent challenger Bill…...
Alaska’s 2026 election saw some of the highest primary voter turnout of the past decade
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1193+ words) Nearly 167,000 Alaskans cast ballots in this year’s primary election, one of the highest turnouts for a primary in more than a decade. The ballots cast represented about 27.7% of the state’s roughly 602,000 registered voters. This year’s total is substantially higher than…...
A whiplash election year enters its final stretch as Trump holds wild cards
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1125+ words) WASHINGTON — In the earliest days of this election cycle, the U.S. wasn’t at war with Iran. The East Wing of the White House was still standing and the Kennedy Center wasn’t threatened with demolition. Artificial intelligence data centers weren’t bipartisan…...
Flock surveillance cameras become midterm campaign target as voters balk at tech companies’ power
1+ week, 1+ day ago (740+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — Wisconsin’s candidates for governor want to limit them, while Pennsylvania’s say they support a ban. A Michigan congressional candidate called them “un-American.” A Florida Senate candidate is selling merch opposing them. The cameras sold by Atlanta-based Flock Safety,…...
Colombia grapples with rebuilding a shattered nation after a deadly earthquake
4+ week, 1+ day ago (561+ words) CALI, Colombia — As the search for survivors in the rubble of a devastating earthquake winds down, Colombia faces another challenge: rebuilding a nation shattered by a disaster that killed at least 285 people and affected more than 100,000. Tens of thousands of…...
Opinion: Willow’s backyard is not the place for industrial sprawl
3+ week, 1+ day ago (418+ words) Willow takes recreation and public access seriously. This is why the Willow Area Community Organization unanimously passed a resolution opposing the conveyance of nearly 20,000 acres of state-owned land at no cost to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority for…...