Alaska

Voter intent is hard to measure: “U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of making petty challenges in the counting of voters’ write-in ballots in an attempt to tilt the Alaska Senate race in their favor…. Shortly after the second day of write-in…

To Alaska: “U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller confirmed Monday night that his wife — once hired to work as a part-time clerk for the same Alaska court in which he was serving as a U.S. magistrate judge — went on…

Drill the Wolves, Baby!

Up in Alaska, a federal judge has ruled that wolves may not be shot from helicopters on federal nature preserve…

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell was unable to attend President Obama’s first visit to the state because of an unbreakable prior commitment to deliver a speech at the Associated General Contractors of Alaska Annual Conference in Anchorage. To be fair, it was the “Excellence In Safety Awards Luncheon,” and that’s something you don’t pass up easily.

Like most of you, I spent the weekend reading the full, 157-page text of the final report on the future of space exploration that NASA’s Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee released last week. Having done so, I’m sure we share the same…