The Alaska Senate passed a campaign finance bill yesterday and a news report is here. The bill is in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, which allows groups to spend freely to support or oppose candidates or causes. The next state election is about five months away, and lawmakers are moving fast to […]
Category: Alaska
Tough road for pre-election vote on campaign finance reform
The Anchorage Daily News reports on the prospects for campaign finance reform in Alaska. A bill that would require corporations to disclose their political expenditures inched forward in Juneau on Monday, but hurdles still remain for the measure even as the 2010 elections loom.
One lawmaker’s approach to lobbyist gifts of food and drink
Alaska State Rep. Bob Buch describes his experiences with lobbyists’ gifts of food and drink in this Anchorage Daily News piece. On my very first day in the Legislature, nearly four years ago, I went to the Baranof Coffee Shop in Juneau with one of my staff members to get a bite to eat for […]