Category: Finance

REP. MCCABE: It’s time to end taxpayer funding of partisan NPR media

CultureApril 3, 2025

Defunding NPR wouldn’t silence it; it would simply put it on the same playing field as every other media company. Let it earn its place in the market, not rely on taxpayers to keep it

Call to Alaskans: ‘Help us defund Planned Parenthood’ on April 2

AbortionApril 1, 2025

It is time for all this to end. Please join Alaska Family Council, Students for Life, and Pro-Life Alaska at a rally to defund Planned Parenthood. We will meet in front of Planned Parenthood on Wednesday, April 2nd from 5 p.m. to 6

Trump freezes federal taxpayer funds for two Alaska abortion clinics

AbortionApril 1, 2025

Funds were frozen for two Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in Anchorage and Fairbanks – the last two the company still operates in

OPINION: Some legislation in Juneau is like an electric toilet

Alaska Permanent Fund DividendMarch 31, 2025

Although the teachers would like this legislation, we cannot afford these extravagant giveaways. They aren’t financially possible right now without committing theft from every man, woman, and child in the

SEN. HUGHES: Alaska doesn’t need more taxes, PFD cuts or savings withdrawal to rectify budget

FeaturedMarch 24, 2025

What about the budget the legislature is working on now for FY2026 that begins July 1? The spring forecast is $70 million less than the fall forecast. With the unsustainably high base student allocation (BSA) increase of $1000 in the House Majority’s bill,

REP. JOHNSON: Raising oil taxes would jeopardize Alaska’s economy for generations

FeaturedMarch 24, 2025

Raising Alaska’s oil taxes now would jeopardize our economy for generations to

OPINION: What’s the best way to bribe a politician?

CrimeMarch 17, 2025

If someone wanted to influence politicians financially, they could purchase large amounts of their books to funnel money to them. This isn’t just a theory; it has been done

OPINION: Spending bill would let Alaska schools reap what they did not sow

Alaska Permanent Fund DividendMarch 13, 2025

These are bad faith negotiators. At a time when Alaska finds itself starving on many levels, the education system has decided to strike while the iron is hot and take a giant bite out of the apple while the rest of us sit around and watch it being eaten. How

OPINION: Alaska needs a DOGE team to combat tax-and-spend legislators

FeaturedMarch 11, 2025

A version of DOGE at the state level is not a crazy idea. Eleven states have already adopted the DOGE model and are looking for ways to make radical cuts to the cost of state

BOB BIRD: Gold could shape the future, as it has the past (Part 2)

FeaturedFebruary 28, 2025

I can’t tell you how prices might shake out if - and when - we return to a specie-based currency, but I can guarantee one thing: Gold rushes would return as part of Alaskan - and human -

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