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Senator Murkowski, the moderate Alaska Republican who has routinely broken with her party to criticize President Trump, has made a startling admission about the reality of serving in public office at a time 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...

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Join us tonight at 7pm for our April call. home.forwardparty.com/alaska_march...

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Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance presented policies the city is actively using or preparing to implement to increase the pace of residential development, as the city continues to face a housing affordability crisis.

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Tonight's first batch of Anchorage election results show the two Assembly incumbents, Daniel Volland and Kameron Perez-Verdia, leading. In the other four races, Yarrow Silvers, Erin Baldwin Day Keith McCormick and Jared Goecker are leading.

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Anchorage is Voting. Assembly and School board members affect all of our everyday lives more than anyone in DC. Do us all a favor and put some time into your decisions.

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With just days left to vote in the April 1 city election, the four candidates in the race for two Anchorage School Board seats are pushing to get their messages out to voters.

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Every member of the largely Democratic bipartisan majority joined most of the Republican minority to approve the resolution 33-4. (From @eriwinsto.bsky.social)

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Parties divide, we solve. #IndependentSolutions

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🌋🌋🌋 Heads up, @matt.akmemo.com @gavelalaska.bsky.social #GavelClassic #VolcanoClassic #NenanaIceClassic

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Join us tonight at 7pm Alaska time for our March Call www.home.forwardparty.com/alaska_march_20250319

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"I don’t have to be part of the crazy-making anymore." Sen. Dan Thatcher, of West Valley City, announced he's leaving the Utah Republican Party and will instead join the Utah Forward Party. #utpol #utleg

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BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Daniel Thatcher to leave the Republican Party and join the Forward Party. He will be the first sitting office holder of that party in the Utah legislature. #utpol

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Proportional #RankedChoiceVoting ensures more voters are represented in #OscarNominations 🎬 Learn more from our friends at @fairvote.bsky.social on how #RCV is used for the #Oscars! fairvote.org/2025-oscar-n...

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#DogsofBluesky #Dogs #Iditarod #canicross www.independent.co.uk/news/alaska-...

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Alaskans were among the hundreds of NOAA employees who began receiving firing notices this week, a blow to an agency that provides everything from weather forecasts to fisheries management to cutting-edge climate science in Alaska. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

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Key takeaway: "There has to be a different political dynamic in this country than just the two-party system, because the two-party system right now is polarizing and won’t lead to meaningful solutions." www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

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Despite substandard snowfall, nearly all of the favorite Fur Rendezvous events and activities will be held over the next two weekends in Anchorage.

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Let's let the people of Good Party know how we feel about our system in Alaska.

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Anyone running in an election in Anchorage this year should promote adopting RCV at a municipal level. 1. It's overwhelmingly popular in Anchorage. 2. It will improve representation. 3. Help win supporters to defend Alaska's system in '26. fairvote.org/anchorage-ma...

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Reducing federal dollars for Medicaid expansion could cut millions from the rolls, reports Shalina Chatlani, @chatlanis.bsky.social, of @stateline.org, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/14/r...

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To local makers, quilters and sewers, the looming Midtown Joann’s closure represents a loss of a mainstay: a one-stop shop with affordable, quality fabrics in Anchorage. www.adn.com/business-eco...

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The Senate is underway. On today's agenda: -HJR 4, keep Denali's name Denali (3rd reading) -SB 87, rejecting pay raise recommendations for themselves, governor and top political appointees (2nd reading) -SB 15, Alcohol sale and warning signs (2nd reading) #akleg 📺: www.ktoo.org/video/gavel/...

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Anyone running in an election in Anchorage this year should promote adopting RCV at a municipal level. 1. It's overwhelmingly popular in Anchorage. 2. It will improve representation. 3. Help win supporters to defend Alaska's system in '26. fairvote.org/anchorage-ma...

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Pro-Denali resolution picks up more support in Alaska House before advancing to Senate, reports James Brooks, @alaska.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/briefs/pro-d... #akleg

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Can we talk a little bit about why Lisa Murkowski is able to vote against Trump nominees and still exist as a moderate Republican from a "red" state. (Heavy on the air quotes) It's because we have ranked choice voting and open primaries. She can't be driven out by wingnuts in a closed primary.

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Happy RCV day everyone! @andrew-yang.bsky.social is one of the biggest RCV fans around. Check out his TED talk if you haven't heard it. youtu.be/1Ws3w_ZOmhI?...

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We celebrate RCV Day and #girlscoutcookie season. Vote for your favorite cookies here. app.rankedvote.co/rv/ousrp4o5s...

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Trump vows to revert name of Alaska’s highest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley, reports Corinne Smith of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/01/20/t...

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Alaska's legislative session starts tomorrow. A good way to stay up to date on what the Legislature is doing and how it will affect Alaskans is to subscribe to The Morning Light, the free daily email newsletter from the @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/subscribe/

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A word from our Alaska team: "Thursday is RCV Day, celebrated by different organizations across the country who try to promote adopting this system to make their governments or organizations work better. It only makes sense that we celebrate ourselves." Join them: tinyurl.com/5h96z5e8 #Alaska

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RSVP to Join us for RCV Day 1/23! Easy as 1-2-3 home.forwardparty.com/alaska_rcv_d...

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MANY POLITICIANS WERE TAUGHT HOW TO WIN, NOT TO GOVERN: "When we set children against one another in contests...we teach them to confuse excellence with winning, as if the only way to do something well is to outdo others...which is not exactly a path to mental health..." ~Alfie Kohn (ALT=full quote)

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RSVP to Join us for RCV Day 1/23! Easy as 1-2-3 home.forwardparty.com/alaska_rcv_d...

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Murkowski spoke with Alaska’s News Source Monday afternoon on a wide range of topics.

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Looking Back, Moving Forward. Today, our Candidate Team reflects: “The 2024 election was a monumental step for the Forward Party. We had organic interest from over 1,000 candidates…” Please consider offering your support: home.forwardparty.com/donate_2024_... #NewYear

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Before turning the page to 2025, Anchorage Daily News sports staff look back on a year filled with gold medals, state titles, new records and stories of redemption, teamwork and triumph. www.adn.com/sports/2024/...

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I’m looking for someone driving from Fairbanks to Anchorage who can take some boxes along.. trying to empty a nonprofit’s storage unit asap! #fairbanks #alaska

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WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope you & your family enjoy lifetimes filled with happiness, peace, good health, prosperity, and, most of all, love -- the greatest gift. If you are overwhelmed by depression/stress during the holidays, please call or text 988 for a little help. I love you :-)}

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This is tonight!

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Within the draft state budget released by Gov. Mike Dunleavy this week are numerous proposals to fund things like computer systems and additional VPSOs, as well as advance the controversial West Susitna Road Project.

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Out of more than 341,000 votes cast, the 737-vote margin of defeat certified on Nov. 30 changed by just six votes, widening the margin to 743.

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