Russia formally sold Alaska to the United States for just $7.2 million. While this may seem like an unbelievable bargain today, there were several strategic and financial reasons behind the sale.

The governor’s May 29 appointment of John W. Wood to the Alaska Judicial Council is unlawful, Alaskans for Fair Courts ...

The Daily Yonder interviewed five local legislators in Alaska, a state generally spared from rural swing-state media treatment. Two Democrats, two Republicans, and one nonpartisan representative ...

The fate of Alaska’s smaller public radio stations is in doubt after Congress passed a bill to defund the Corporation for ...

It’s the latest development in a dispute between the Legislature and Dunleavy administration over whether the state is ...

Alaska political consultants say primary voters are typically more partisan than those at a general election, meaning Tuesday’s results may not be an indicator of electoral success in November.

Alaska has "untapped deposits of these minerals, including tantalum, which could serve as an alternative to Chinese pressure.

Ranked-choice voting is an effort to reduce political polarization. Let's see if it works. Alaska's effort to thwart political hardliners offers a model - Los Angeles Times ...

Alaska voters adopted a ranked-choice system to make it harder for extremists to win simply by appealing to the hard-liners in their party's base. And it's working.

Alaska voters adopted a new election system via ballot measure in 2020. Alaska had to speed up use of the system after the death of Rep. Don Young. Groups in Missouri and Nevada are pursuing ...

The results of the Alaska special general election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young’s term remain uncertain, as CNN projected none of the candidates on the ballot topped 50% on ...

Her life in Alaska has spanned seismic political shifts: the development of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the oil boom and Exon Valdez, and the subsequent cratering oil prices of 2016.