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1. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · James Brooks Alaska Beacon

   Three Alaska gubernatorial candidates endorse plan to restrict Permanent Fund spending (opens the original)

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   In a candidate forum Thursday, three of the four candidates to be Alaska’s next governor voiced support for a long-debated plan to restructure the Alaska Permanent Fund in order to permanently cap the amount of money that can be spent from it without a statewide vote. “You’ve got to protect the Permanent Fund. You simply have to,” said Republican candidate and former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, speaking at the Commonwealth North forum. Bronson referred to the Permanent Fund as “one o

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2. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · James Brooks Alaska Beacon

   Dahlstrom reverses herself, puts Treg Taylor back in governor's race (opens the original)

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   Late Friday night, Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom said she will reverse a decision she made Monday and will certify former attorney general Treg Taylor as a final-four candidate in Alaska’s race for governor. Dahlstrom, who oversees the state’s elections, pointed to an as-yet-unpublished review by the Alaska Department of Law prompting the reversal. Taylor’s reinstatement means he replaces his lieutenant governor, Candi English, who had taken Taylor’s spot as the fourth candidate in the

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3. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · James Brooks Alaska Beacon

   Some rural Alaska polling stations opened late on election day, a sign of continuing problems (opens the original)

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   At least two polling stations in rural Alaska opened late for the Tuesday statewide primary election, the Alaska Division of Elections confirmed late Tuesday, and observers independently reported other sites also opened late. The problem was most acute in the southwestern village of Nunapitchuk, where bad weather grounded flights and kept elections workers from opening a polling place until 5 p.m. That gave local voters only three hours to vote before the scheduled 8 p.m. close. Nunapitchuk has

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