OPINION: Attack on Amish religious freedom should unsettle us all
It would be hard to imagine such an affront to religious and personal freedom had we not lived through the Covid years. The government trampled all over your freedoms in the name of “pandemic” and flattening the
OPINION: Feds ease up on suppressors, but Alaska still calls them ‘prohibited’ weapons
The suppressor part of our law is particularly hard to defend because Alaska already lets people hunt with them. We have one Alaska law telling you that you can put a suppressor on your rifle and go hunting, while another Alaska law calls that same suppressor
Chugiak-Eagle River plan to break from Anchorage aims to harmonize local govt.
Eaglexit, at its best, is not an argument about leaving something behind. It is an invitation to take greater responsibility for what comes next: to ask whether local government can be closer to the people, easier to understand, more accountable for the money
Alaska conference to tackle school indoctrination, medical freedom and more
Alaskans For Personal Freedom is holding its annual conference Oct. 3 in Anchorage, where it will address school indoctrination, medical freedom and much
Eaglexit urges repeal of regulation blocking ability to break from Anchorage
The longstanding grassroots movement seeking to separate Eagle River/Chugiak from the Municipality of Anchorage and create a new home-rule borough is urging supporters to join a call to repeal a regulation that currently blocks the
OPINION: Attempt to force surrogate Alaska mom to abort pre-born baby is akin to slavery
Liberals always hack away at Southern slavery to demonstrate their imagined enlightenment and self-righteousness - while they themselves partake of a thoughtless selfishness in their newly minted version of
Alaska opens applications for K-12 scholarship groups to help expand school choice
In what is expected to be a major financial boost for private, home and religious schooling across Alaska, Gov. Dunleavy announced that Alaska is now accepting applications from nonprofit groups seeking approval as K–12 Scholarship Granting
Leftist-sponsored Prop. 1 aims to impose restrictions on Alaskans’ political donations
Should state government be empowered to restrict how much money an Alaskan is allowed to give to a political candidate running for local or state office, while allowing outside super-PACs unlimited
Will a Democrat governor kill Alaska’s participation in the school-choice tax program?
Alaska’s participation in a national school-choice tax incentive program could be in jeopardy if a Democratic candidate is elected
U.S. Supremes to hear case of Alaska pilot who lost his plane over a 6-pack of beer
Nearly 15 years ago, Alaska bush pilot Ken Jouppi lost his $95,000 airplane when law enforcement officers spotted a six-pack of beer on board. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take up Jouppi’s case to determine whether confiscation of his plane was
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