OPINION: Alaska requires a thorough D.O.G.E.-ing
Has Alaska allowed public money to create a self-protecting ecosystem of funded intermediaries whose continued existence depends more on political alignment than measurable
OPINION: With less than 30 days left to challenge Alaska’s RINOs, nobody’s stepped up
None of the RINOs in the Alaska Legislature has a Republican primary opponent yet. This is a disappointing critique of Alaska's GOP
OPINION: Faux Republicans stall low-cost Alaska energy bill while pushing high-priced pensions
Is Gov. Dunleavy being pressured to accept a long-term, cost escalating public pension plan bill for state employees in exchange for movement on a policy that promises to lower energy
Alaska’s GOP lawmakers urge governor to veto Dems’ push to restore costly employee pension plan
The Democrat-controlled Alaska State Senate passed House Bill 78 in a 12-8 vote on April 28, in an effort to reinstate the costly defined benefit pensions for state employees – a measure that is anticipated to cost Alaskans billions of
OPINION: Alaska pilfers our PFDs, while forking over billions to grantees
Alaskans may fairly ask whether government is solving problems or sustaining them, especially when billions move through grants while households are denied their full share of oil
Alaska House bill’s subtle name game undercuts hunting and trapping
Our wildlife resources are too economically valuable - and too important to rural jobs, self-funded conservation, and the state’s overall prosperity - to allow subtle framing shifts to undermine
OPINION: Competing bills reflect divergent visions of Alaska’s gas line future
A lot of Alaskans are going to hear about Senate Bills 280 and 275 and assume they are basically the same. Both deal with the Alaska natural gas pipeline project, but one is written to help a project get built. The other aims to maximize the state’s take,
OPINION: It’s time to ditch lawmakers who fear cutting Alaska’s bloated budget
Alaska’s State House voted to advance a budget that includes confiscating the majority of your statutory Permanent Fund Dividend because they are incapable of balancing our state budget, forcing them to steal your
OPINION: A Juneau insider’s perspective on the fight for Alaskans’ PFD
The pilfering of your dividend was not confusion. It was not a mistake. It was not even budget week chaos. It was a conscious decision to redirect your money to government
OPINION: Fairbanks schools’ $11.4M surplus undercuts funding ‘crisis’ narrative
The Fairbanks School District quietly built healthy reserves, while publicly pushing a narrative of crisis - closed schools, outsourced custodial services, rising class sizes, and staff reductions. Taxpayers were told more money was the only
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