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.
OPINION: The tale of battling Alaska’s Ranked-Choice Voting Dragon
This is the story of how over 700 Alaskan volunteers, driven by a shared purpose, embarked on a quest to challenge the mighty Ranked Choice Voting
Soldotna Library drag queen story hour for kids postponed following public outcry
There will be no drag queen performances for children at the Soldotna Public Library on Jan. 6 after considerable public outcry led LGBTQ activists to indefinitely “postpone” the story hour
OPINION: On fake devotion to the Constitution
The Deep State dog-pile on Trump should be seen as an opportunity not only to salvage our voting rights, but as a way to fundamentally correct the errors that have gone on for too
As Anchorage Assembly frets over naming port after Don Young U.S. House considers naming infrastructure room after him
While leftists on the Anchorage Assembly are adamantly resisting Mayor Dave Bronson’s effort to rename the Port of Alaska after late U.S. Congressman Don Young, U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-Florida) is determined to get Young’s name on the main hearing room
UPDATE: It looks like Alaskans will get a chance to dump ranked-choice voting in 2024
With nearly 40,000 petition signatures gathered from across the state, and thousands more expected in the next two and a half weeks, it looks like Alaskans will have a chance to repeal the controversial ranked-choice voting system that was narrowly approved
Education activists plot strategy to pressure AK lawmakers into spending more money
Education activists plot political battle to push AK lawmakers into spending more
OPINION: Why Israel and the U.S. have such a close friendship, despite our differences
There are several reasons why the United States has been so closely identified with
Israel/Gaza and the historic, religious and ethnic challenges of global terrorism
Far-left media notoriously make various historical and statistical errors that lead the public to a divisive conclusion on Israel-Gaza/Hamas wars. The arguments are: (1) Unjust creation of Israel in 1948 provoked conflicts in the Middle East; (2) Foreign aid
Alaska Health Dept. trains providers to push Covid jabs, and counter ‘health misinformation’
Alaska’s Department of Health is partnering with the University of Alaska to give healthcare workers tips on how to promote “vaccine confidence” while learning how to combat so-called “health
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