Ketchikan woman alleges local officials retaliated against her for challenging library books
Ketchikan resident Deborah Simon has filed a formal complaint with the Alaska Attorney General’s Office against the City of Ketchikan, the Ketchikan Public Library, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School Board
OPINION: Alaska GOP’s shopworn ‘resistance’ to abortion is an absurd dead end
The Republican Party has used the prolife vote for decades now, and with the exception of Donald Trump’s judicial appointments, has given very little reason to expect prolife voters to continue to support the GOP. This realization is dawning on many
Alaska joins 28-states in urging Biden admin to not restrict ammunition sales
Alaska joins 28-states in urging Biden admin to not restrict ammunition
Dunleavy joins 24 governors in support of Texas’ border security standoff with Biden admin
On Thursday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed onto a statement with 24 fellow governors from around the nation in support of Texas Gov. Greg Abbots ongoing efforts to secure the Southern
Alaska bill looks to legally retire misleading term, ‘child pornography’
According to Child Rescue Coalition, the rationale behind using different words is that the term “child pornography” can trivialize the sexual abuse and exploitation of
OPINION: The evil of Alaska’s human trafficking must be stopped
OPINION: The evil of Alaska’s human trafficking must be
OPINION: Alaska judges allow prosecutors to mislead grand juries
OPINION: Alaska judges allow prosecutors to mislead grand
ANALYSIS: Alaska Lawmakers must protect Grand Juries’ constitutional right to investigate government corruption
Alaska Lawmakers must protect Grand Juries' constitutional right to investigate government
OPINION: Some thoughts on the border, complicity and treason
OPINION: Some thoughts on the border, complicity and
UPDATE: Jan. 8 oral arguments for Alaska judge’s perjury case moved from Homer to Anchorage
In what many judicial reform advocates see as a seminal moment in their ongoing effort to root out corrupt judges and government officials, the criminal case against former Alaska District Judge Margaret Murphy will proceed to public oral arguments on Jan.
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