Year: 2025 - Alaska Watchman
To mark the 52nd Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, Anchorage pro-life advocates are aiming to fill the sidewalks around Alaska largest abortion clinic for a candlelight vigil. When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in ...
FAIRBANKS RESULTS: Voters limit borough tax powers, but …
Oct 2, 2024 · All qualified absentee and questioned ballots will be counted on October 8, which could also impact several other races. Conservative Borough Assembly Candidate Tammie Wilson was narrowly ahead of Garret Armstrong – 50.7% to 49%, while left-leaning Assembly candidate Kristan Kelly was slightly ahead of conservative Jimi Cash – 50.5% to 49.1%.
State of Alaska will defend its right to facilitate oil and gas …
Nov 23, 2024 · Now is the time push for legislation that codifies into law (without ambiguity) Alaska’s rights to mineral, oil and gas development on state and federal lands and access over both state and federal lands must be granted.
More death, fewer babies and out-migration expected to erode …
Dec 2, 2024 · Alaska can look forward to far fewer babies and many more older people over the next quarter century. According to a new report by Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the agency is predicting its first-ever long-term statewide population decline.. Alaska’s long-term population projections show the state declining from about 737,000 people in 2023 to 723,000 by 2050, a 2 ...
UPDATE: Ranked Choice repeal remains on track to pass
Nov 12, 2024 · You’re confusing two seperate reforms that were put together. Ranked Choice Voting is not the same thing as open primaries. Ranked Choice Voting is simply a form a of instant run-off voting which fixes the spoiler problem so that the final candidate will have a majority of the votes when their are multiple candidates spliting the votes.
Fate of Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system hangs in the balance
After counting 246,171 votes, the fate of Alaska’s controversial ranked-choice voting system is still very uncertain. According to the latest update from the Alaska Division of Elections, 50.87% of Alaskans have voted to do away with ranked-choice, while 49.13% voted to keep the new system.
Reporting delays fuel frustration over fate of Alaska’s ranked …
Nov 8, 2024 · Three days after the General Election, Alaskans remain in the dark about whether voters successfully repealed the state’s controversial ranked-choice voting system, and whether Nick Begich has defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola.
What do Alaskans really pay in taxes? - Alaska Watchman
Oct 30, 2024 · The driver of high taxes begins & ends with the “wants vs. needs” population within the tax boundary. I live in Anchorage and, for example – we have broken down plows, parts delayed, not enough drivers to operate them.
Year: 2025 - Page 2 - Alaska Watchman
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EDITORIAL: Alaska’s one chance to end ranked-choice and avoid a …
Nov 4, 2024 · When Alaskans narrowly approved this controversial voting scheme in 2020, few voters knew exactly how it would play out. In addition to injecting a complicated ranking system into the balloting process, ranked-choice voting eliminated our time-honored party primaries, thereby stripping Alaskans of the right to vet candidates who claim to …