Voter confusion caused by candidates with similar names - as in the current Alaska Senate race - is part of the much larger problem of political ignorance.
Ken Jouppi's Eighth Amendment challenge asks the Court to decide whether a fine must be proportional to the gravity of the crime.
Greenlandic hunters fear a U.S. takeover because Americans "think whales and seals are cute and shouldn’t be hunted."
Polar War demonstrates how difficult it is for armies to operate in the high north—and just how far America is behind Europe in Arctic warfare.
The federal government can't even pass a budget. What's it doing buying a mine?
Alaska has been trying to seize Ken Jouppi's Cessna for 13 years over a misdemeanor crime.
The Jones Act keeps energy-hungry Alaskans from using their own natural gas.
One proposal would create a streamlined process for selling off federal land to state and local governments, but only if they allow housing to be built on it.
The president’s ban on offshore oil and gas drilling perfectly encapsulates his top-down legacy on energy.
With 50.1 percent of the final tally, Alaskans voted to preserve a system that allows voters more choice in how they vote, and who they vote for.
The Jones Act makes the North Slope’s resources inaccessible to the state’s energy-starved residents.
An interview with sex work researcher Tara Burns.
There are any number of reasons to support or oppose a switch to ranked choice voting, but most of the opposition comes from the majority parties.
Why are federal taxpayers paying for upgrades at tiny rural airports, Thanksgiving Day parades, and enhancements for Alaskan king crabs?
Thankfully, you don't need fancy dining halls or a college degree to have a good life or get a good job.
According to a recent report, the system Palin once said was "so weird" that it "results in voter suppression" worked just as well as intended.
Partisan outrage over Sarah Palin's defeat shouldn't obscure the obvious benefits of better voting systems.
Blaming the ballot system ignores the fact that many Alaskans simply did not think the former governor really represented them.
Mary Peltola will only be the third Democrat, as well as the first Native Alaskan, to represent Alaska since it became a state.
Murkowski was likely saved by the state's new open primary, while Palin may have to depend on voters who picked her as their second choice.
Seafood prices have gone up by double digits as tariffs and inflation drive up costs for consumers
The election serves as a trial run for Alaska's new voting process, which could be a boon for third-party candidates.
Plus: tasting rooms in Alaska and liquor delivery in Alabama
How obsolete, cronyist regulations force domestic cruise ships into foreign stops
The "For The People Act" was a flawed package that would have solved some problems while creating new headaches.
President Biden signed a bill Monday that temporarily waives the regulation. Why not just repeal the law?
Under current law, marijuana users who possess firearms are committing a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
St. Louis residents agree to shift to approval voting for local primaries.
Two November ballot initiatives would introduce ranked-choice voting in two more states.
Lindsey Graham just dodged a third-party bullet, but there are a handful of other tossup Senate races where third-party candidates could exceed the major candidates' margin.
It's ridiculous to cut off Alaskans from the resources found in their own backyards.
The Jones Act isn't saving American shipbuilders, but it's driving up prices for Americans.
The Trump appointee warns that "little would be left of our First Amendment liberties" if cops could punish people who irk them by finding a legal reason to bust them.
John Sturgeon can once again "rev up his hovercraft" to hunt moose on Alaska's rivers, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously.
The Utah senator wants a world where "Alaskans, Hawaiians, and Puerto Ricans aren't forced to pay higher prices for imported goods."
The 12-year-old cat couldn't live out the rest of her days in peace.
Two high-profile crimes committed in Anchorage highlight a seemingly unequal criminal justice system.
American farmers have already fallen victim to Trump's trade war with China. Could Alaskan fishermen be next?
Alaska has the lowest taxes on recreational marijuana.
And would that mean driving a stake through its "biological heart"?
By asking states to regulate marijuana better, the attorney general concedes that prohibition is gone for good.
Alaska allowed dental therapists to practice within Native American communities. Ten years later the evidence is pretty clear.
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