Alaska’s GOP gubernatorial contenders to square off in unique family-values forum
This coming Thursday, May 21, a number of the most viable GOP contenders will square off in a unique public forum that aims to help voters distinguish between the many candidates who claim to be champions of conservative
U.S. Supreme Court says mail-order abortion pills can continue while court case proceeds
In a deeply troubling decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily allowed the continued mailing of dangerous abortion drugs into pro-life states while litigation
OPINION: Fairbanks voters deserve to see their ballots counted – and keep their money home
A citizen petition now circulating in the Fairbanks North Star Borough asks the Assembly to return to hand-counted paper ballots. The case for it is moral, practical and
OPINION: Why not adjust lawmakers’ salaries each time they adjust our PFD?
I propose that the salary for every legislator be paid at the same percentage as the PFD we receive. If the public gets a full PFD, the legislators get their full
AK House passes bill that could expand chemical abortions via pharmacists
Eleven Republicans in the Alaska State House joined all their Democrat and left-leaning independent colleagues to pass a bill which many pro-lifers see as an abortion expansion
Fiscal watchdog group urges governor to veto pension bill that ‘threatens to bankrupt’ Alaska
"Governor Dunleavy has a clear choice: protect Alaska’s fiscal future or risk leaving office with a legacy of reopening the door to massive pension debt. This bill threatens to bankrupt the state." - AFP President Emily
3 GOP legislators side with leftist block to oust Alaska’s conservative attorney general
The leftist majority that now controls the Alaska Legislature marched in lock step during the May 14 confirmation vote that ultimately rejected the nomination of Alaska’s Acting Attorney General Stephen
OPINION: New traction raises guarded hope of fixing Alaska’s Supreme Court mess
The decades-long battle to restore Grand Jury rights in Alaska has gained traction in this election
Hearing held on AK bill that threatens religious liberty, imposes LGBTQ mandates
Alaska lawmakers heard public testimony on a proposed bill that aims to establish new “rights” for those who claim to have any number of LGBTQ
OPINION: If Sen. Stevens wonders why Alaskans don’t trust government, he needs to look in a mirror
Senator Stevens, our country is based on a social compact between the people and the government. You get your power and authority from the consent of the governed. By failing to do your job properly, the people no longer trust
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