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OPINION: Alaska’s disastrous public schools need competition, not a $250M bonus

EducationFebruary 17, 2023

With Democrats controlling the Alaska State Senate, and a narrowly divided State House, activists are mobilizing all their considerable resources to push through Senate Bill 52 which includes a massive $250 million increase for government-run schools.

Pro-lifers set for 40-day vigil outside Alaska’s busiest abortion mill

AbortionFebruary 16, 2023

Anchorage pro-life advocates are organizing an upcoming 40 day prayer vigil outside Alaska’s largest abortion business. The 40 Days for Life campaign runs Feb. 22 to April 2 with goal of having volunteers pray and hold pro-life signs – 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.,

Evidence emerges that Anchorage Assembly members destroyed public records

FeaturedFebruary 15, 2023

Conservative Anchorage political activist Russell Biggs has recently uncovered evidence showing that several Anchorage Assembly members have been destroying public records that show collusion to manipulate public policy within the assembly meetings. Biggs’

Update on Eagle River/Chugiak area’s effort to secede from Anchorage

FeaturedFebruary 15, 2023

It’s time to bring local government HOME to the people in our communities of Eagle River, Chugiak, Birchwood, Peters Creek, Eklutna, Hiland Road, Thunderbird Falls and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson! We’re on a mission to form a separate,

AK lawmaker demands more educational funds, while deriding calls for greater accountability

EducationFebruary 15, 2023

State Sen. Loki Tobin (D-Anchorage) blasted her fellow lawmakers who are wary of pumping hundreds of millions in additional funding into Alaska’s failing public education system without added accountability measures. Tobin’s Feb. 13 speech on the Senate

State campaigns and myriad penalties fail to dampen Alaskans’ penchant for tobacco

CultureFebruary 14, 2023

Despite expensive public health campaigns, multiple fines and penalties and myriad restrictions on where Alaskans can even use tobacco products, the number of residents who occasionally light up, chew or vape has remained steady over the past decade or so.

Alaska’s labor crisis spurs Dunleavy to nix 4-year degree requirement for most state jobs

EducationFebruary 14, 2023

In hopes of mitigating an unprecedented workforce shortage in state government jobs, Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered the removal of four-year college degree requirements for most positions. Dunleavy’s Feb. 14 order amends state personnel rules to place an

70% of Alaska’s public school students fail reading and math

EducationFebruary 14, 2023

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum INTRODUCTION Results from Alaska’s new statewide standardized assessment, the Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR), offer a glimpse of how Alaska’s students are doing post-pandemic.

Alaska pot shop owner teaches UAA students how to make edibles in accredited class

EducationFebruary 13, 2023

From Feb. 14 to March 2, a Mat-Su based recreational marijuana retailer, Baily Stuart, will be partnering with the state-funded University of Alaska, Anchorage to provide Anchorage students with a hands-on, fully accredited course that includes teaching the

OPINION: Alaska joins 20 states in condemning FBI’s animus against traditional Christians

FeaturedFebruary 13, 2023

Alaska’s Attorney General Treg Taylor has signed onto a 20-state letter demanding that the FBI reveal the details regarding a recently leaked “anti-Catholic” memo alleging that traditional, conservative Catholics are somehow a threat to

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