The Haines Borough Administration Building, March 3, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Some assembly members are hoping to reconsider their vote last week to hire a new federal lobbyist after learning that the candidate they thought they were voting on is not a lobbyist at all — and is also the managing director of a mining company. 

Since 2022, the borough has paid federal lobbyists $3,000 per month, mainly to help secure federal grant money…

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.