Alaska’s controversial cross-sex gender clinic to permanently shut down
Identity, Inc., which has operated a cross-sex clinic that pushes puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and life-altering surgeries on both youth and adults, is closing down for
Opinion: Chugach Electric board candidate rejects self-limiting decarbonization agenda
Much of the policy adopted by Chugach Electric in recent years has favored organizations that invest in alternative energy. For an electric utility that serves more than 90,000 rate payers, this strategy is shortsighted and heavily reliant on regulation to
Anchorage clerk says Assembly race between Donley and Park may be headed to recount
Donley, a longtime conservative Anchorage school board member, lead on election night, April 7, but has since fallen behind in his bid to win a seat on the leftist-controlled Assembly. He now trails by 47 votes – 4,968 to
Alaska school board assoc. director claims homeschoolers need more oversight
Lon Garrison, who serves as executive director of the influential Alaska Association of School Boards (AASB), thinks Alaska’s nearly 24,000 correspondence students require more state oversight, testing and
UAA to face nation’s top debate team on whether Anchorage should impose 3% sales tax
The teams will debate the controversial idea of imposing a 3% sales tax on Anchorage residents. That proposal was first floated by Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, but was shelved by the Anchorage Assembly earlier this year in favor of trying to get
SHELLEY HUGHES: As governor, I will fight to restore the Alaska Grand Jury’s lawful powers
Success will look like this: an Alaska where citizens can raise legitimate concerns with confidence, and where the grand jury system functions as a true bridge between the people and their
OPINION: Alaska’s education industry uses your money to control the Legislature
Alaska's education industry spends your money, not to improve academic outcomes for students, but to demand more dollars for school districts so pre-approved union contracts can be
ELECTION UPDATE: Conservative Anchorage Assembly candidate Donley now trails, school bonds still failing
The latest update from the Anchorage municipal election shows candidates aligned with the left-leaning Assembly and school board holding, expanding or taking leads in most races, while costly school bonds continue to
OPINION: Edna DeVries has what it takes to be governor of Alaska
Mayor DeVries’s position on all of the issues is exactly as you would expect from a true conservative. She is pro-life, opposed to Ranked Choice Voting, supports improving election integrity, believes in limited government, and, since she has previous
GOVERNOR’S RACE: If elected, how will you protect unborn Alaskans from abortion?
The Alaska Supreme Court has blocked nearly every pro-life law ever passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor, thereby ensuring that Alaska remains one of the most pro-abortion states in the country. Given this reality, share two concrete
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