Alaska House seat will be up for grabs in district representing JBER
Alaska State Rep. David Nelson (R-Anchorage) has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2026, which leaves the door open for a strong conservative candidate to take his place. It also opens the door, however, for Democrat Cliff Groh to retake the seat
Alaska AG calls out Anchorage School District’s failure to endorse U.S. Constitution flyer
Alaska Attorney Gen. Stephen Cox finds it deeply concerning that the state’s largest school district is refusing to endorse the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of
OPINION: Government ‘aid’ distorts market prices and we all burn money faster
Government distorts the marketplace when it tries to "help" people - making goods and services more expensive for everyone. College tuition assistance is a great
OPINION: New leftist playbook aims to destroy America with promise of ‘more democracy’
Every socialist from Lenin to Obama started with the promise of “more democracy” before seizing power; this report is the 2020s version of the same
OPINION: Are Alaska’s latest reading reforms another flash in the educational pan?
This is the fundamental problem with Alaska’s approach: we implement pieces of successful reforms and then act surprised when the results never materialize. Structured literacy isn’t a one-time course correction - it’s an
Groups that illegally aid in mutilation of gender-confused kids banned from student loan forgiveness program
A “gender affirming care” database published by Planned Parenthood includes a number of Alaska-based medical providers, hospitals and nonprofit groups that promote and engage in transgender medical
Despite better reading scores, school administrators want to ditch Alaska Reads Act
A group representing Alaska’s public school principals wants lawmakers to eliminate a bi-partisan law that has resulted in markedly improved reading skills for K-3rd grade students over the past couple of
Alaska ballot initiative seeks to clarify that ‘only’ U.S. citizens can vote
If voters approve the measure, Alaska will join the growing list of states that have moved decisively to protect the integrity of their voter rolls from non-citizen voting
Alaskan challenges Biden-era mandate requiring union affiliation for construction jobs
The lawsuit claims that when unelected officials write binding rules without clear legislative limits, they undermine democratic accountability and threaten the individual liberty that the separation of powers was designed to
It’s time to uproot the lie that Alaska’s Constitution grants abortion ‘rights’
Alaska’s Constitution does not protect abortion. It never has. The 1992 Valley Hospital ruling invented a right that never existed, and it’s time to tear it out at the
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