Zero, there are several issues in play.  The News media has an obligation to vet candidates so voters are informed.  The News Miner has refused to share this background with readers.  Do you want to not know about a candidate's criminal record?  

The federal stuff is harder to find.  An SIS can block your access to the records- as well as the charges not being in Alaska.  (You need to look harder).

Finally, if a candidate for office is going to be in charge of a budget/finances as is the case here, then voters should know that the candidate has been sued multiple times because he can not (apparently) manage his own finances.  If he can't deal with his own affairs, what makes him qualified to take on much more complicated finances for a public entity?

We need honest people with good judgement to serve.  We also need the news media to stop hiding the truth from voters.