Politics

If the legislature does not pass this bill before the session ends, it will become a ballot measure. The ballot measure could draw more blue voters to the polls during the midterm elections.

Four candidates running in the U.S. House Special Election, Emil Notti, Tara Sweeney, Mary Peltola, and Sarah Palin, will participate in a candidate forum at the Long House Hotel on May 6 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Here's a list of which candidates have filed so far.

Emil Notti, Tara Sweeney, Mary Peltola, and Sarah Palin are running for the U.S. House seat in the upcoming special election. They are all Alaska Native, except for Palin.

If a Supreme Court ruling goes the way the Dunleavy administration would like, the Environmental Protection Agency will no longer have oversight over pollution and contaminants in Alaska’s isolated wetlands. The State of Alaska will.

The council also voted to introduce a rezoning plan for Kasayuli Subdivision, and an ordinance that would change the way the city's Board of Adjustment handles planning appeals.

The council will also consider introducing an ordinance that would restructure the Board of Adjustment, and another that would rezone Kasayuli.

Governor Mike Dunleavy wants less federal oversight over Alaska's lands and waters.

Veteran Nelson Angapak applauded Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for her outreach to the state’s Native Vietnam vets. "We’re grateful that through her efforts and the efforts of the Department of Interior and Bureau of Land Management, the land base for our veterans has expanded," said Angapak.

Earlier this year, the U.S. passed a federal infrastructure bill that set aside $65 billion for broadband projects in the U.S. This state bill sets up systems that would make Alaska eligible for that funding.