...Sen. Lisa Murkowski."His numbers are absolutely as good as they could be, given a state like Alaska," state Democratic Party spokesman Zack Fields said.A February poll by Public Policy Polling showed him with a 49 percent approval rating...
...research, Coleman, John Thorp Jr. and Susan Rutherford struck him as "very credible."The chairman of Alaska's Democratic party, Mike Wenstrup, on Tuesday labeled the witnesses as "extremists" who have made "outlandish, demonstrably false...
...we will have a greater sense of direction from the federal government at that point."The chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party released a statement Thursday afternoon criticizing Parnell's decision on Medicaid expansion."With this decision...
...Energy Council meeting in Washington, D.C., which he is chairing.Begich was the keynote speaker at the Tongass Democratic Party's Juneau Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Sunday night. He also spoke at a Native Issues Forum event at Elizabeth...
...through the committee process. I hope it changes, significantly."Kay Brown, executive director of the state Democratic Party, said the current tax structure is working and that Parnell's plan is "based on a fiction." She said it would...
...bill," Ellis said.Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, a former oilfield worker who has been among the Alaska Democratic Party's most outspoken voices on oil tax issues, sounded enthusiastic about the fractures visible in the majority caucus...
...discharge.Critics charge the bill would reduce protections set out by the initiative; the chairman of the Alaska Democratic party has referred to it as "Parnell's sewage bill." Parnell's Environmental Conservation commissioner, Larry Hartig...
...Gov. Neil Abercrombie will appoint a replacement, choosing from a list of three candidates selected by the state Democratic Party. "We're preparing to say goodbye," Abercrombie said. "Everything else will take place in good time."Whomever...
ANCHORAGE - The Alaska Democratic Party slammed state Rep. Lindsey Holmes for switching her party...Rep. Holmes has deceived the voters of her district," Democratic Party chair-elect Mike Wenstrup said in a statement issued after...
...being well on their way to securing the 14 members needed for a solid majority in the 20-member chamber.State Democratic Party chair Don Gray called that speculative.Republicans "seem to have their own way of looking at the world over there...
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