"For a decision-making or policy making body, the Open Meetings Act defines a meeting to be: a gathering of members of a governmental body when . . . more than three members or a majority of the members, whichever is less, are present, [and] a matter u »
From Lisa Demer in Juneau — UPDATE: Gov. Sean Parnell, in a telephone interview Thursday afternoon, confirmed that he is the first governor in Alaska to pull an item off a special session agenda. He said he consulted with the attorney general and the D... »
The city Election Commission has issued a series of recommendations for avoiding future Election Day boondoggles in Anchorage, but recommends the city does NOT hire an independent investigator. From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage -- A review by the Anchorag... »
You know if you squint with one eye Snowdrift Snooki almost looks lifelike. You know am not even sure they used photoshop. It almost looks like they just propped a cardboard cut out of the Lunatic from Lake Lucille on the back of Chuck's fake snowmachi... »
The Assembly chair has said he will appoint an investigator to review the April 3, 2012 Anchorage Municipal election. A number of people have gathered data. None of it proves anything. But there are lots of anomalies, which taken altogether call out... »
Anchorage--Documents unsealed through a lawsuit filed by the organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) include allegations that U.S. Rep. Don Young (R.-Alaska) and his late wife misused campaign funds for personal purpose... »
Anchorage Sen. Lesil McGuire offered some of the harshest criticism of the oil tax cut plan put forward this week by the Parnell administration, saying that Department of Revenue leaders didn't u... »
The Election Commission unanimously votes to adopt the report, on its investigation into this year's Anchorage Municipal Election. Even though chaos broke out on April 3rd, due to things like ballot shortages, the commission is still recommending the e... »
