“Governor Dunleavy Has Done Everything In His Power to Put Big Money Back By Wealthy Donors Back In Politics. His Goal Is To Allow His Special Interest Friends To Drown Out Voices of Alaskans Who Can’t Make Those Donations.” In 2006 Alaska voters limited campaign donations to $500 per candidate, to keep wealthy donors from […]
ANCHORAGE – Last Friday, a panel of three judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in Thompson v. Hebdon that Alaska’s campaign contribution limits violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Today, the Alaska Senate Democrats sent a letter to Governor Mike Dunleavy urging him to direct the […]
$250K contract comes on the heels of the governor’s increases to his own budget ANCHORAGE – Governor Mike Dunleavy earlier this week released a plan to rush a no-bid contract for $250,000 to produce political ads using state dollars. In statements to news organizations, the governor described the spending as necessary to raise awareness about […]
“These allegations should be thoroughly investigated and, if true, Mr. DeJoy must be held accountable.” An election watchdog organization on Monday demanded a state-level criminal probe into Postmaster General Louis DeJoy after research uncovered “suspicious” new details surrounding a straw donor scheme he allegedly orchestrated during his time as chief executive of the North Carolina-based firm New Breed […]