F AIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - In the 2025 municipal election for Interior Alaska, Audra Hull and Sam Spencer are both running for seat C on the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board, a seat currently held by Brandy Harty, who is not running for reelection.

Juneau currently charges 5% in local sales taxes. That’s made up of both permanent and temporary taxes. They help pay for general government costs, voter-approved projects and community interests. If voters pass Proposition 3, shoppers would instead pay a 7.5% tax from April through September and a 3% tax from October through March.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - In the 2025 municipal election in Fairbanks, incumbent Melissa Burnett and Naomi Hewitt are running for seat D on the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board. Burnett said she sees the next three years as a chance to invest and innovate in the school district.

Juneau voters will decide in this year's municipal election whether the city should implement a new seasonal sales tax system.

Republicans on a committee advising the U.S. Civil Rights Commission say Alaska’s voting system disenfranchises voters.

Sen. Bill Wielechowski, the Anchorage Democrat who spearheaded work on the bill, said it is unclear whether there is enough support to override the veto.

Taylor, a Republican, touts his record challenging the Biden administration and collaborating with president Trump.

This year’s Permanent Fund dividend will be $1,000, an amount set by the Alaska Legislature in House Bill 53, the state’s annual operating budget bill, earlier this year. Ordinarily, lawmakers allocate an amount of money for the dividend, which makes individual payments dependent upon the number of recipients.