Palin’s lawyers didn’t want the jurors to see the video of her singing and dancing in the bear costume as that would suggest that her opportunities to get publicity for herself and her reputation hadn’t been as damaged as she claimed in the lawsuit.
Read MoreNow that she is a candidate for the only U.S. House seat from Alaska, Sarah Palin should be more forthcoming about who is paying the legal bills in her five-year-old case against the New York Times. She lost the case, but her attorneys are just getting started on a venture that could cost $5 million.
Read MoreThe three Alaska Republican candidates Trump has endorsed so far refuse to question Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him or dare utter a syllable that it’s time to move on to the 2022 or 2024 elections—Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and former Gov. Sarah Palin.
Read MoreIn Alaska, the race to replace Rep. Don Young is a bit like the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, unpredictable but not nearly as neat or orderly.
Two weeks ago no one saw a vacancy in the Alaska U.S. House seat, just as no one saw St. Peter’s beating Kentucky in the first round.
Since nature abhors a vacuum, we now have 50 candidates running for Alaska’s only seat in the U.S. House.
Read MoreThere is no time to waste in setting reasonable limits on campaign donations in Alaska. The 2022 campaigns are moving quickly and right now Alaska politics is open to the highest bidder.
Read MoreBy ADAM FEDERMAN
Nearly four weeks into a gas leak on Alaska’s North Slope, state agencies involved in the response have yet to provide any details on what caused the event or an estimate of how much methane has been released into the environment
Read MoreTshibaka’s financial claims deserve real analysis as part of the coverage of her Senate campaign. In particular, Alaskans deserve to know whatever happened to the “Alaska Administrative Productivity and Excellence” project and whether the millions spent on that project were worth it.
Read MoreEnough already with the Dunleavy administration “profiteering” allegations aimed at financial institutions and the attempt to use the attack on Ukraine as a cover to go after banks that won’t finance oil and gas development on the North Slope.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court said the Eagle River decision for the state Senate pairings was "an unconstitutional political gerrymander violating equal protection under the Alaska Constitution,” and called for the redistricting board to try again.
The next few months will be chaotic and confusing in Alaska as those who aspire to replace the late Rep. Don Young in Washington, D.C. try to raise money and generate publicity for themselves with little time for either activity.
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