that pitted free speech rights against limits set by state lawmakers to curb the influence of money on Alaska politics.
The federal court had invalidated Alaska’s $500-a-year individual donation limit to candidates, saying it was too low. But it did not set new limits, leaving the question of replacement caps in the hands of the commission and the state Legislature. The commission’s staff recommended that the limit be raised to $1,500. But such a decision requires at least four votes by the commission’s five members, and after a meeting Monday, only three agreed in their formal, three-page order issued Thursday, which was
That means that until and unless the Legislature takes action, there are no longer any individual-to-candidate contribution limits in effect, the commission said in its announcement.Nathaniel Herz is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. He’s been a reporter in Alaska for nearly a decade, with stints at ADN and Alaska Public Media. He’s reported around the state and loves cross-country skiing.
They *are* the closest to Russia...
That is not great news.
I guess that's one way to bring in outside money.
Dunleavy's wrecking crew administration intends to buy its way into power. Dunleavy now has control of the Permanent Fund too, after firing Rodell, so he can overdraw without complaints from the Fund. Corruption
How about we just fully get rid of APOC all together? They are rather pointless, really. They have no true enforcement mechanism for anything, just recommendations that arent truly enforceable.
Kinkos, busses, radio and TV praise the windfall.
Dumb. Paging Sec'y RobertReich!
This sounds totally illegal and not at all good for us Alaskans
Pockets bout to getting line. For this law of limits to get lifted pockets had to be lines.
And you thought the state was getting robbed by the oil companies before this. I would say we’re a banana republic, but that’s insulting bananas…and republics. If we didn’t have corruption in Alaska we wouldn’t have anything at all.
What the fuccccck
What could go wrong?