OPINION: Ranked-choice vote isn’t dishonest – but it redefines ‘consent’
RCV does not force candidates to lie. It does something subtler and, in many ways, more consequential: it penalizes clarity. Candidates who draw sharp distinctions risk early elimination, while candidates who blur differences survive
REP. MCCABE: Ranked-choice benefits the politically camouflaged
Ranked Choice Voting presents itself as reform, but it rewards political camouflage and punishes conviction. Candidates learn to soften their positions, blur the truth, and chase 2nd-and 3rd-choice preferences instead of telling voters what they actually
OPINION: Peltola risks political future on a race she will likely lose
Mary Peltola decision to run for U.S. Senate was a mistake. Despite her popularity, she is likely to lose her race against Sen. Dan Sullivan, and would have been better off running for governor, a race she was favored to
Rep. McCabe exposes ‘voodoo math’ behind push to restore Alaska’s defined benefits
Every time someone claims that defined benefits will save Alaska money, they are betting your children’s Permanent Fund Dividends, your possible future taxes, or deep cuts to troopers and schools on the hope that the stock market will run hot for the next
OPINION: Candidate Adam Crum is spot-on with Alaska Grand Jury rights answer
When asked if the changes made by the Alaska Supreme Court to the grand jury process (SCO 1993) were unconstitutional. Mr. Crum unequivocally said there was no doubt that SCO 1993 was
OPINION: Alaska’s next governor must be able to lead amid national turmoil
Some argue Alaska can ignore national turmoil. That’s a mistake. We depend on Constitutional clarity between state and federal authority, neutral enforcement of law and order, public trust in elections and courts and leaders willing to confront - not
EDITORIAL: Alaska’s failed schools can’t admit their old order is ‘rapidly fadin’
Earlier this week, school districts in Fairbanks and Kuspuk filed suit against the State of Alaska in hopes that a judge will order the state to spend more money on an aging and failed educational model that is undergoing a fundamental revolution, in real
OPINION: Meddling Murkowski has no business flying to Denmark with a bunch of Dems
Murkowski is not our secretary of state, and no one else on the trip is either. By going there, she is interfering with the president’s foreign policy and may hinder whatever Trump is trying to
OPINION: Gubernatorial candidate Treg Taylor strikes out with Soldotna’s grand jury rights advocates
Candidate for governor, Treg Taylor, visited with voters in Soldotna on Saturday, and one thing became very clear: he doesn’t deserve to be the next governor of Alaska. This conclusion is based on his refusal to take ownership of his biggest failure as
Dave Bronson rebuffs ‘false narrative’ about his stance on Alaska Grand Jury rights
Editor’s note: The following column by Alaska gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson is in response to a Dec. 16 column by Greg Sarber. Alaskans deserve straight answers, especially on constitutional issues. Let me be absolutely clear about where I stand
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