OPINION: Money-hungry Anchorage School District needs a timeout
Alaska districts must deal with declining enrollments and decreased revenue. If that means cutting schools and staff, so be it. There are better education options, and the Legislature should support these instead of continuing to throw money at districts
REP. VANCE: My 1st Amendment rights didn’t end when I took the oath to serve
Rep. Vance blasts AK House Subcommittee's vote on 18 complaints filed against her over a letter she wrote to Homer News owners challenging their biased coverage surrounding a Charlie Kirk
OPINION: The beauty, terror and hope of mankind
The mystery of human creation is a double-edged sword. While everyone knows this, a history teacher thinks of it all the
OPINION: Leave Alaska political parties alone to hold truly CLOSED primaries
A true “closed” primary would allow ONLY voters who register with that party to participate. If this seems unfair, remember how unfair it is that non-members, whether members of another party or truly non-affiliated, would be allowed to vote in a private
OPINION: Supremes say states can protect girls’ sports from trans athletes – AK needs such a law
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can protect girls' sports by prohibiting gender confused biological males from competing against them. It's time for Alaska to pass such a
OPINION: 2A rights, bear attacks and restrictive gun laws
Two stories from Thursday help illustrate the Second Amendment rights we enjoy as Americans. In the first, my neighbor shot a black
OPINION: If North Pole wants a true pro-life state representative, vote for Barbara Haney
I thought Rep. Mike Prax (R-North Pole) would stand for life, but his refusal to support Rep. Allard's pro-life amendment indicates it's time to stand by someone who has a proven prolife
‘2 Dans’ is the Ranked-Choice fruit of the 2020 ballot measure
Whether Decoy Dan intended to confuse voters or not is almost beside the point. The only reason we're having this fight is that the 2020 ballot measure removed safeguards that once prevented this sort of
OPINION: Exposing more Democrat dirty tricks in the Alaska Legislature
Alaska Democrats aren't giving up on their dirty trick of attempting to help elect Mary Peltola by running a 2nd candidate named Dan Sullivan in this year’s U.S. Senate
OPINION: Anti-Sullivan group uses phony pollster scam to manipulate Alaska voters
907 Initiative is nothing more than a political lobbying organization, run by liberal partisans, with the intent of attacking conservatives and covertly advancing a leftist agenda under the pretext of
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