SHELLEY HUGHES: As governor, I will fight to restore the Alaska Grand Jury’s lawful powers
Success will look like this: an Alaska where citizens can raise legitimate concerns with confidence, and where the grand jury system functions as a true bridge between the people and their
OPINION: Alaska’s education industry uses your money to control the Legislature
Alaska's education industry spends your money, not to improve academic outcomes for students, but to demand more dollars for school districts so pre-approved union contracts can be
OPINION: Edna DeVries has what it takes to be governor of Alaska
Mayor DeVries’s position on all of the issues is exactly as you would expect from a true conservative. She is pro-life, opposed to Ranked Choice Voting, supports improving election integrity, believes in limited government, and, since she has previous
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
OPINION: Anchorage hands radical libs another election day win, but ….
Despite more efforts being employed by more groups than well...pretty much ever, the Anchorage Assembly and the Anchorage School Board will likely remain as radically liberal as they have been in recent
OPINION: Who will challenge Sen. Giessel – AK’s Dark Queen of Ranked-Choice Voting?
Cathy Giessel is the poster child for Ranked Choice Voting in Alaska. She supported bringing it to our state, she has won elections using it, and she is doing everything she can to save
Mat-Su Mayor ‘compelled’ to tackle mockery of Alaska Grand Jury rights
Mat-Su Borough Mayor and Alaska gubernatorial candidate Edna DeVries recently expressed deep concerns and shared her personal experience regarding the ongoing controversy swirling around the rights and responsibilities of Alaska Grand
OPINION: It’s ‘Shroud Season’ in Alaska and across the globe
And it is science, not theologians or Church apologists, who tell us that the mysterious body image of the Shroud cannot be
OPINION: A gas line can spring Alaska free from the resource trap
If Alaska is serious about escaping the resource trap we created for ourselves, we need to start acting like a state that still knows how to build big things. The Alaska gas line is the clearest test of whether we mean
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