OPINION: Restoring the 4 corners of AK’s sovereignty – education, health & welfare, energy, PFD
Alaska stands at a crossroads. Decades of bureaucratic expansion, fiscal mismanagement, and policy drift have left the state with underperforming institutions, rising costs, and a growing disconnect between the people and their
Palmer mayor survives recall with 54.5% voting to keep him
Palmer Mayor Steve Carrington has successfully survived an attempt to remove him from office for alleged abuse of power. After trailing by two votes on election night 99-97, he surged ahead once the canvass board tallied another 202 mail, special needs,
House spending bill that strips funding to abortion clinics, heads to U.S. Senate
On May 22, the GOP-controlled U.S. House narrowly passed a spending and tax reform bill that bars Medicaid reimbursements from going to abortion-providing groups like Planned Parenthood. Backed by Alaska Rep. Nick Begich, the bill needed his vote to pass
Veteran conservative politicos join Bernadette Wilson’s gubernatorial campaign
Bernadette Wilson, who recently announced her bid to become Alaska’s next governor, has just added two seasoned senior team members to her election
No more excuses: Alaska must scrap political cowards for fresh ‘visionary warriors’
Let the 2026 election be the moment Alaska remembers who it is: bold, independent, and unwilling to be ruled by the cowardice of career politicians. Let this be the year the people - not the bureaucracy -
OPINION: RINO AK lawmakers who overrode governor’s veto will pay a political price
On May 19, four Republican women's groups from around the state warned they would not support any Republican who voted to overturn the governor's veto and would work against their
Effort to recall Palmer mayor leads by 2 votes on election night
The special election to recall Palmer Mayor Steve Carrington is razor tight. As of election night there were 99 votes to recall him and 97 to
Democrat-led majority blocks effort to support federal rail grant for Alaska
By blocking the resolution, the Senate majority has caused what will be “the loss of thousands of good paying jobs including union workers, billions of dollars of investment into Alaska, and decades of economic growth,” the GOP minority stated. “These
VETO OVERRIDE: These 11 GOP minority members helped dump record funds into AK’s failing schools
Schools will now see a massive influx in funds this coming year, despite the fact that, for years, Alaska’s students have had some of the very worst educational outcomes in the
Governor vetoes record-high school spending bill that fails to include policies for failing schools
In vetoing the education bill crafted by the Democrat-led majorities in the Alaska Legislature, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said the flawed legislation did not address Alaska’s disastrous educational outcomes but simply sought to spend more
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