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Alaska AG signs onto 20-state letter warning pharmacies against selling abortion pills

AbortionFebruary 4, 2023

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is among 20 Republican state attorneys general who have warned pharmaceutical companies, CVS and Walgreens, that they could face legal consequences for distributing abortion pills at their storefronts. The letter was sent

Pro-lifers to protest & pray on Feb. 4 outside Walgreens in Anchorage, Soldotna

AbortionFebruary 3, 2023

Pro-life advocates in Anchorage and Soldotna are set to join nationally-coordinated efforts to protest pharmacies that have agreed to dispense chemical abortion pills. The Biden administration recently gave approval for pharmacies across the nation

Alaska Health Dept. promotes pro-abortion, LGBTQ youth group in Homer

AbortionJanuary 31, 2023

While Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy recently told the Alaska Legislature that he wants to make Alaska the “most pro-life state in the country,” his subordinates over at the Alaska Department of Health are undermining this vision by promoting a radical LGBTQ

Mat-Su lawmakers say unjust and involuntary detainment of decorated principal exposes flaws

FeaturedJanuary 25, 2023

Alaska State Representatives David Eastman (R-Wasilla) and Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) stood on House Floor Jan. 25 to address the disturbing treatment of prominent Mat-Su resident Mary Fulp. Alaska State Troopers forcibly removed Fulp from her home last week,

Dunleavy’s urges lawmakers to make Alaska ‘the most pro-life state’

AbortionJanuary 25, 2023

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s fifth State of the State address to Alaska’s lawmakers was punctuated by a strong call to make Alaska “the most pro-life state in the country.” Unlike his previous speeches given at the start of the legislative session in Juneau,

Mat-Su School Board calls state’s youth sex survey ‘disgusting’ and ‘insane’

EducationJanuary 21, 2023

A controversial youth survey from the Alaska Department of Health will likely be rejected in state’s second largest school district. On Jan. 18, the Mat-Su School Board held a work session in which the majority emphatically condemned the idea of using local

Alaska in 2023: Trends, predictions and prescriptions

AbortionJanuary 20, 2023

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a talk given for the Valley Republican Women of Alaska’s Jan. 19 meeting in Wasilla. I want to address a few major trends and developments in Alaska as they relate to our population, education and political

Mat-Su may – again – put state’s controversial student survey on the rocks

EducationJanuary 17, 2023

The Mat-Su School Board is meeting on Jan. 18 to consider whether area public schools should administer a 98-question state survey that asks high school teens about their sexual proclivities, various types of contraception they employ and whether they have

Juneau wants Alaska churches to help with disaster response prep

FaithJanuary 16, 2023

Churches have long played a vital role in assisting communities during unexpected disasters. By providing shelter, food, medical aid and a host of other material and spiritual services, faith-based communities are often seen as critical to effective

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