Guest Editorial

The next two years may be Alaska’s last chance for productive, bipartisan legislative action.

The state House and Senate have both organized in bipartisan coalitions, with Democrats, Republicans and independents pledging to work together on the big issues facing Alaska.

Sadly, that across-the-political-aisle cooperation could end in two years.

Alaska’s switch to open primaries and ranked-choice voting for the 2022 and 2024 elections encouraged candidates, particularly Republican candidates, to appeal to moderate and nonpartisan voters instead of running the gauntlet of a closed, highly partisa...