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OPINION: Alaska Needs More Workers

EducationMarch 8, 2023

By Quinn Townsend – Alaska Policy Forum Governor Dunleavy recently announced that most state jobs will no longer require a four-year college degree due to workforce needs. He said, “Today people can gain knowledge, skills and abilities through

EDITORIAL: Tell Dunleavy you support decision to uphold religious freedom in public square

FaithMarch 7, 2023

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration is getting orchestrated push back from the mainstream media and radical LGBTQ activists for the recent decision to prohibit the Alaska State Commission on Human Rights from investigating nonprofits and business owners who

Anti-child violence group honors woman for facilitating deaths of preborn Alaskans

AbortionMarch 7, 2023

A prominent nonprofit that exists to fight domestic abuse, sexual assault and violence against Alaskan children has issued one of its highest awards to a woman who has spent decades of her life fighting for the legal right to kill unborn babies. AWARE, which

Alaska Walgreens won’t sell abortion pill due to legal concerns

AbortionMarch 7, 2023

Walgreens won’t peddle the abortion pill, mifepristone, at any of its Alaska stores. The decision comes after the company received a letter signed by Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and 19 other attorneys general warning selling the pill via the mail

OPINION: Alaska’s Hard Left always devours milquetoast Republicans

FeaturedMarch 7, 2023

Let’s not forget those eight Alaska Senate Republicans who abandoned their three most conservative colleagues – Senators Shelley Hughes, Mike Shower and Rob Myers – to form the Democratic controlled bi-partisan majority that is now pushing an extremely

Alaska Senate bill would mandate LGBTQ-infused sex classes in all public school

AbortionMarch 5, 2023

Alaska Senate Bill 43 would require all public schools to teach a whole host of highly controversial sexual topics. Sponsored by hard left Democrat Senators Elvi Gray Jackson, Forrest Dunbar and Loki Tobin, the bill gives schools a way to bypass parental

Misplaced priority? Teachers make up just 42% of Alaska school district employees

EducationMarch 4, 2023

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum Alaska’s teachers are outnumbered by other staff in all but seven school districts. For every four teachers in Alaska, there are five staff members performing functions peripheral to the business of teaching

ACLU teams up with Anchorage pot shop to sponsor ‘kid friendly’ LGBTQ drag show

CultureMarch 4, 2023

In yet another attempt to mainstream LGBTQ drag queen dancers among young children, the ACLU of Alaska is sponsoring “Drag Loteria.” A notice for the March 24 event at Cafecito Bonito says it aims to inspire “activism and diversity to Anchorage’s

Court ruling may give Anchorage School Board pause in barring parents from testifying against sex books

EducationMarch 3, 2023

In a case that resembles what happened to an Anchorage man who was recently silenced during an Anchorage School Board meeting, a Georgia-based parental rights group has won a federal First Amendment case against a school district that barred parents from

Alaska deaths outpace births by widest margin since 1951

CultureMarch 2, 2023

Alaska’s natural population increase, which is births minus deaths, has fallen to its lowest level since 1951. This is expected to translate into a dramatic decline in the overall school age population, alongside a sharp rise in the number of senior

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