OPINION: It’s time to ditch lawmakers who fear cutting Alaska’s bloated budget
Alaska’s State House voted to advance a budget that includes confiscating the majority of your statutory Permanent Fund Dividend because they are incapable of balancing our state budget, forcing them to steal your
Anchorage and Mat-Su massage parlors targeted in sex trafficking sting
Law enforcement officers executed search warrants this week at seven illicit massage parlors across Anchorage and the Mat-Su as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected sex trafficking and
OPINION: Alaska failing GOP must pivot from cosmetic branding to structured discipline
The Alaska Republican Party is failing due to festering internal dysfunction. We have reached a point where internal reform is no longer optional - it is necessary to restore trust, accountability and effective
Anchorage clerk says Assembly race between Donley and Park may be headed to recount
Donley, a longtime conservative Anchorage school board member, lead on election night, April 7, but has since fallen behind in his bid to win a seat on the leftist-controlled Assembly. He now trails by 47 votes – 4,968 to
Alaska school board assoc. director claims homeschoolers need more oversight
Lon Garrison, who serves as executive director of the influential Alaska Association of School Boards (AASB), thinks Alaska’s nearly 24,000 correspondence students require more state oversight, testing and
UAA to face nation’s top debate team on whether Anchorage should impose 3% sales tax
The teams will debate the controversial idea of imposing a 3% sales tax on Anchorage residents. That proposal was first floated by Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, but was shelved by the Anchorage Assembly earlier this year in favor of trying to get
SHELLEY HUGHES: As governor, I will fight to restore the Alaska Grand Jury’s lawful powers
Success will look like this: an Alaska where citizens can raise legitimate concerns with confidence, and where the grand jury system functions as a true bridge between the people and their
OPINION: Alaska’s education industry uses your money to control the Legislature
Alaska's education industry spends your money, not to improve academic outcomes for students, but to demand more dollars for school districts so pre-approved union contracts can be
ELECTION UPDATE: Conservative Anchorage Assembly candidate Donley now trails, school bonds still failing
The latest update from the Anchorage municipal election shows candidates aligned with the left-leaning Assembly and school board holding, expanding or taking leads in most races, while costly school bonds continue to
OPINION: Edna DeVries has what it takes to be governor of Alaska
Mayor DeVries’s position on all of the issues is exactly as you would expect from a true conservative. She is pro-life, opposed to Ranked Choice Voting, supports improving election integrity, believes in limited government, and, since she has previous
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