Alaskans to join national celebration of Charlie Kirk’s Medal of Freedom
On Oct. 14, Alaskans will join Americans around the country in celebrating Charlie Kirk Day and the posthumous awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on the late founder of Turning Point
REP. MCCABE: Alaska must dismantle & rebuild our failing school system to serve parents, kids
Alaska's education system has been hijacked by powerful teachers unions and their political allies, who treat education as a taxpayer-funded business. They lobby relentlessly for bigger budgets while resisting parental
A month after Kirk’s murder, Turning Point proliferates across Alaska schools
Conservative youth across Alaska are bolder and more inspired than ever to launch or join Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapters at their college campus or local high
OPINION: Bureaucrat-heavy education funding task force sidelines Alaska parents and kids
If Alaska's Task Force on Education Funding is going to work, parents and students need a seat at the
OPINION: To pay a full PFD we must name the cuts & untangle Alaska budgetary knots
If you want a larger PFD without risking the Fund, you must either (a) name the cuts (and the lost federal matches), (b) name the new revenues, or (c) change the rules (and defend the long-term consequences). If you want stable services without shrinking the
CONSUMER ALERT: Alaska AG warns against utility round-up programs like Chugach Electric’s
Chugach Electric’s controversial new charitable giving program will not be curtailed by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, but Attorney General Stephen Cox has issued a consumer protection alert, warning citizens about such
While Alaska nixed Columbus Day in 2015, Trump proclamation honors ‘American hero’
While Alaskans haven’t officially celebrated Columbus Day for a decade now, it remains one of 10 federal holidays and continues to be celebrated in most states on the second Monday in October (Oct. 13 this
OPINION: Alaska’s PFD is not socialism unless dividends make you a comrade
It always amazes me when I hear people claim that the PFD is “socialism.” What’s the ordinary meaning of socialism? Government ownership or control of the means of production across the economy. Alaska doesn’t run oil companies, grocery stores, or
Citizens tell Anchorage school board to hold teachers accountable for ‘veiled threats of violence’
A group of deeply concerned parents and citizens showed up to the Oct. 7 Anchorage School Board meeting to demand accountability for two teachers who they say have engaged in hateful and threatening rhetoric regarding President Trump and the late Charlie
OPINION: Alaska Health Div. misleads public by undermining new Covid guidelines
Nowhere in the state’s recommendation do I see the CDC requirement that this be an individual-based decision-making shared between the individual and the healthcare provider. Yet, that was the essence of the CDC recommendation. Alaska’s SOE recommendation
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