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• Proposition C asks voters whether to approve a 1% seasonal tax in Juneau

  05-10-2026 22:55 via ktoo.org
  Visitors walk Juneau’s downtown seawalk on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  Voters in Juneau are deciding in this municipal election whether to approve paying a slightly higher sales tax during the tourism season. The money brought in is supposed to help fund recreation. 
  Ballot Proposition C asks voters whether to approve a 1% seasonal sales tax that boosts funding for the city’s recreational facilities and programs.
  The additional tax is estimated to cos
  
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• Outside groups pour millions into Alaska’s governor, congressional races

  05-10-2026 16:42 via ktoo.org
  Nome’s 2026 primary election polling location at Old St. Joe’s Church on Aug. 18, 2026. (Margaret Sutherland | KNOM)
  Independent expenditure groups are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Alaska’s races for governor and Congress.
  The Republican Governors Association donated some $1.6 million to a new group in late September called Kodiak PAC. It aims to boost Republicans in the governor’s race, according to filings with state regulators.
  Around the same time, a grou
  
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• Vice President Vance to visit Fairbanks on Monday, Trump expected in Alaska later this month

  05-10-2026 16:38 via ktoo.org
  Donald Trump prepares to speak in front of a crowd at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Saturday, July 9, 2022. (James Brooks | Alaska Beacon)
  Vice President J.D. Vance will hold a campaign event on Monday in Fairbanks to boost Republican candidates in this year’s general election, and President Donald Trump is expected to visit Alaska later this month on a similar mission.
  The vice-president’s visit was officially announced Friday by the Trump 47 Committee, an operation of
  
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