Report: Anchorage School District pays teachers not to teach
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum Should public school teachers be paid not to teach? School districts and other government bodies often pay employees full wages and benefits for performing union work instead of their official duties.
OPINION: Anchorage Assembly should amicably confirm mayor’s pick for city attorney
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has tapped local attorney Mario Bird to serve as city attorney, but he must make it through a Sept. 13 vote in order to officially fill the post. He has been serving in the capacity on an interim basis, awaiting final
Alaskans to get record high $3,284 PFD this month
Eligible Alaskans will begin receiving $3,284 this month. That includes a $650 energy relief check that state lawmakers approved earlier this year. The combined amount represents the largest payout in the Permanent Fund Dividend program’s 41-year history.
Mat-Su School Board partially rescinds controversial transgender guideline
With a packed room of highly concerned parents on hand, the Mat-Su School Board voted 5-1 on Sept. 7 to rescind one part of a 2015 guideline that had previously allowed gender-confused students to access locker rooms and bathrooms that were not in alignment
As Anchorage enrollment implodes, school superintendent warns of $68M deficit
The Anchorage School District is shrinking, both in the sheer number of students and the revenue attached to each child it fails to enroll. In FY24 the district expects to face an estimated $68 million budget deficit. This is partly due to the fact that
School psychologist asks Mat-Su teachers to secretly affirm students’ LGBTQ identities
An activist school psychologist within the Mat-Su School District is using his position to encourage educators at several elementary schools to secretly affirm students who believe they are gay, bi-sexual or transgender. Jake Balaskovits is a roving school
Distribution of Covid funds to Alaska businesses rife with irregularities, errors
A recently released audit of the $282 million in CARES Act funds that Alaska issued to small businesses as part of the massive Covid relief spending shows massive irregularities, errors and the awarding of numerous unallowable grants. The state’s
Trainings to equip conservative Alaskan activists for Nov. 8 election
Alaska Family Council is hosting two upcoming workshops designed to help conservatives be more comfortable and proficient in campaign activism. Scheduled for Fairbanks and Anchorage, the training events will deal with how to effectively campaign door-to-door,
Anchorage Equal Rights Comm. makes LGBTQ videos, investigates pronoun use on public dime
The 10-member Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC), which employs six people to root out alleged discrimination across the municipality, spent some of its publicly funded resources to promote LGBTQ sexuality in 2021, while also investigating an employer
AK Medical Freedom summit to feature Frontline docs & national experts on civil liberties
The Alaska Medical Freedom Symposium will feature internationally known medical doctors and others who actively defend Americans’ rights to access early treatment alternatives for Covid, while resisting unconstitutional vaccine mandates or federal
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