The Alaska Current

Alaska removed 3,048 people from its active voter rolls after a DMV data match flagged them as possible noncitizens. Elections Director Carol Beecher said “old data” contributed to the errors, including the mistaken removal of U.S. citizens. Commentary/illustration by Holly Todd.

A third special session has begun, but lawmakers say time is running out for Gov. Mike Dunleavy to secure agreement on tax incentives aimed at advancing the Alaska LNG project.

Bycatch has emerged as one of the defining issues in Alaska's U.S. Senate race, putting candidates' records, fisheries policy and campaign contributions under a new spotlight. Commentary and illustration by Holly Todd.

With less than a month until the Aug. 18 primary election, the coalition of 23 Democratic, independent and Republican lawmakers is calling on the state to reverse the purge that mooved 3,048 voters to the inactive list. buff.ly/GazIO6M

According to the memo, the Division of Elections approached the DMV with a “non-routine” request to check the citizenship status of 15,200 voters. buff.ly/I8pR1xu

A proposed Mat-Su industrial park reflects AK's latest economic bet: leveraging abundant land and energy to attract data centers. The proposal also opens a broader debate over electricity, land use and the future of industrial development in the state. Illustration by Holly Todd.

OPINION: Elections in our sparse and sprawling state have never really gone over without a hitch. buff.ly/5GOm5M4

Schultz will still appear on the Aug. 18 ballot and can formally drop out once the election is held. The general election is Nov. 3. buff.ly/mwPdIGv

Sitka Democratic candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins will be running with a fundraising haul that’s nearly double every other candidate save for the Republican who gave his own campaign $1.25 million. buff.ly/M3IIDh5

The deadline to register to vote in Alaska’s Aug. 18 primary election is this Sunday, and it’s set up to be one of the more consequential state primaries in recent memory. buff.ly/sNAQnM9

Repeal Now is the latest campaign supporting an initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primary system. buff.ly/mnQtKC9

At this point, Mike Dunleavy's governing style may be defined less by the bills he signs than by the budgets he vetoes. He's becoming Alaska's veto governor. Illustration and commentary by Holly Todd

A tax deal once considered all but inevitable is now hanging by a thread. buff.ly/kII1Ig9

The effort to overturn ranked-choice voting and the effort to remove Petersburg's Dan Sullivan from the ballot share an underlying premise: that Alaska voters can't be trusted to figure things out for themselves. Illustration and commentary by Holly Todd.

COMMENTARY: Rather than relying on Alaska's own attorneys, the Division of Elections turned to a lawyer from a conservative Lower 48 firm to defend its decision to keep Dan J. Sullivan off the ballot. buff.ly/XBXKOcb

Petersburg Sullivan's case is scheduled to be heard in the Anchorage Superior Court on Thursday. buff.ly/LJVS4pE

Even if Petersburg's Dan J. Sullivan were trying to confuse voters — which he denies — a new lawsuit argues that's beside the point. buff.ly/bUXDO3N

Every year, Alaskans eagerly await our summer frenzy. In this June photo essay by Emily Mesner, she spent 24 hours following the light and documenting Anchorage. buff.ly/3huPtBX

Deep in the Tongass, accessible only by boat, a century-old printing press sat silent for seven years. The press at Sea Pony Farm near Pelican has been restored by the Sitka Conservation Society and is being used to connect art, conservation and community. buff.ly/fiMFB3h

Alaska election officials say the other Dan Sullivan wasn't really running for Senate — he was running to confuse voters. The evidence? A nickname. Commentary and illustration by Holly Todd.