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Mat-Su pro-life center hosting all-ages 5K run/walk/bike event on June 17

AbortionMay 30, 2023

HeartReach, a long-established, innovative and ever-expanding pro-life pregnancy center in the Mat-Su, will host its annual 5K for Life on June 17. While the all-ages, family-friendly event is free, it’s also one of three primary fundraisers conducted

Mat-Su Health Foundation meeting is a chance to tackle its increasingly woke agenda

CultureMay 26, 2023

The Mat-Su Health Foundation, one of the most powerful and well-funded organizations in the Mat-Su, will hold its annual members-only meeting on Monday, June 12. This provides a chance for members to address concerns and controversies that have come to light

Alaska abortion report reveals method and age by which 1,246 unborn babies were killed in 2022

AbortionMay 22, 2023

Alaska saw 1,246 unborn babies killed last year, up from 1,229 in 2021, and 1,195 in 2020, but 2022 was still one of the lowest numbers since the state began tracking the deaths 20 years ago. Like last year, Alaska used its publicly funded Medicaid Program to

Dr. Anne Zink is working with global tech giants to massively expand state health powers

COVIDMay 16, 2023

Movers and shakers from public health, technology, infrastructure and governmental sectors are gathering in Chicago this month to explore ways to modernize, standardize and expand the power and influence of government health across the U.S. Alaska’s Chief

Court blocks Anchorage-like law in Florida that bans counseling for kids with unwanted same-sex attraction

FeaturedMay 15, 2023

The City of Tampa recently forked over nearly $1 million in a legal settlement after a U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a city ordinance banning “talk therapy” for minors with unwanted same-sex attraction was unconstitutional. The $950,000

Biden’s attack against a Catholic candle sheds light on a much broader threat

CultureMay 6, 2023

The attack against Christianity, so obvious now for any thoughtful Christian, goes straight through the pro-lifers in Evangelical and Catholic Christianity. We have seen where evangelical ministers have dared to defy this zeitgeist, most notably in Canada and

Alaska continues paying for transgender surgeries and drugs, while other states refuse

FeaturedMay 6, 2023

While dozens of Republican-led states are moving decisively to restrict or prohibit irreversible transgender surgeries, cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, Alaska continues to spend public money to underwrite these devastating practices, both for adults

Murkowski helps pro-abort Dems block GOP effort to end federally funded VA abortions

AbortionApril 20, 2023

On April 19, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, once again, broke with her GOP colleagues to join Democrats in defending pro-abortion policy. Senate Republicans had hoped to block a new Biden administration policy of using the VA to federally fund abortions in cases of

Sen. Hughes: Alaskans must wake up and speak out against biological males in girls’ sports

EducationApril 17, 2023

A board member of a non-profit in Alaska typically does not expect to be bombarded and contacted by hundreds of people, some of whom are very stern and even angry. I’m used to that, but they aren’t. I signed up to run for office and hear from large

Washington State lawmakers agree to let kids get sex-change surgeries without parent permission

FamilyApril 16, 2023

Alaska’s closest geographical neighbor in the U.S. is about to let minor children get irreversible sex-change surgeries without their parents’ permission. The Washington State House and Senate have passed a bill that would give youth shelters

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