Becky Bohrer

Political donors have sued over campaign finance rules enacted under a 2020 voter initiative, arguing the disclosure rules are burdensome and could lead to reprisals against them and their business interests in a climate of “cancel culture.”

A team of deputy fire marshals sent from Anchorage found the remains of four people, including two children, following the Tuesday fire.

The House does not plan to hold another formal floor session until next week.

Legislative leaders last month voted to end a policy that required masking, regardless of vaccination status, in legislative facilities and regular COVID-19 testing.

Coghill said after praying about a possible run, he came away with the thought that he “can’t not do it.”

Gray-Jackson said she looks forward to “supporting a new candidate who represents the best of Alaska’s ideals to challenge” Sen. Murkowski.

The pairing had drawn intense discussion among Alaska Redistricting Board members last fall as they worked to finalize new maps.

The bill, from Rep. Calvin Schrage, an Anchorage independent, would set a $2,000 limit on what an individual could contribute to a candidate each campaign period.

Authorities are investigating a natural gas leak detected last week at a ConocoPhillips Alaska oil drill site on Alaska’s North Slope, officials said.

The total value of the fund, at the end of January, was about $81 billion.