politics

Scientists at Alaska’s flagship research university staged a demonstration Tuesday to protest threats to research funding, federal government reorganization and the freezing of science grants. Two dozen researchers gathered on the plaza in front of the Margaret Murie building at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Interior Alaskans responded to a call for a national day of protest on Saturday. 28 people were along the highway in Glenallen, 60 gathered at the major highway intersection in Healy, and 1,000 lined the sidewalks of the main street in downtown Fairbanks - three times the size of the last community demonstration in Fairbanks two weeks before.

Fairbanks constituents for Senator Dan Sullivan organized a town hall to hear from him during the Congressional spring break this week. But the hastily-arranged event didn’t jibe with the Senator’s schedule and he wasn’t able to appear. The organizers decided to hold the event anyway.

The Alaskan Independence Party just held its Statewide Convention in Fairbanks, (April 13) for the first time since 2008. A new board of directors wants to focus on getting party members to run for state offices.

Statewide results in the Republican Presidential Preference Poll have all 29 delegates going to Donald Trump.

An analysis of FNSB Assembly and School Board candidate fundraising.

Three seats are open on the Board of Education; today, candidates for School Board Seat G, Meredith Maple and Maggie Matheson. In-person absentee voting is available through Monday, Oct. 2 at the Shoppers Forum Mall in Fairbanks, and at all three municipal clerks' offices: at the city halls in Fairbanks and North Pole and at the Borough building on Terminal Street.Polling places open for voting on Election Day, Tuesday, Oct. 3.

Americans For Prosperity is holding a training in Fairbanks this weekend on how to influence lawmakers and community policy.

The five candidates running to represent House District 6 all say if elected they’d prioritize the interests of Alaska’s rural population. But they differ…