Legislature tries again to let voters choose state AG

Rep. Bill Stoltze, R-Chugiak, on the Senate floor, April 6, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Proposals to make the state attorney general an elected position have appeared year after year in the Alaska Legislature. This time the measure is sponsored by Sen. Bill Stoltze, R-Chugiak. It faces a high legislative hurdle, but it has moved through three committees and is pending in Senate Rules. Both sides — pro and con — say they want to keep politics out of the AG’s office.
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