OPINION: Doc admits to vax misinformation. Alaska conference to address child vaccines
Upcoming Alaska conference to address pros and cons of childhood vaccines and what parents should know when making vaccine decisions for their
Part 1: Eagle River-Chugiak’s 5-decade push to exit Anchorage is a fight for local control
The effort to establish a separate government for Eagle River and Chugiak is sometimes described simply as a movement to leave Anchorage. That's understandable, but incomplete. The deeper history is one of local
OPINION: Election finance cheating should disqualify Rep. Stutes from state office
Rep. Louise Stutes’s lack of financial intelligence and her willingness to squander our money to fund her policies should disqualify her from running for Alaska
Alaska’s public schools have no business fomenting student political dissent
When school-day political walkouts become recurring instruments of pressure on elected officials, and when those actions arise within an educational environment surrounded by powerful institutional actors advancing the same policy objectives, a dangerous
Will Alaska’s justices ban recognition of biological sex in schools?
The Alaska Supreme Court is considering a case regarding transgender identity that could have enormous consequences for parents and
OPINION: With winter looming, Alaska’s gas crisis poses real world threat
Alaska's energy crisis is already here and is about to hit home this winter. Blocking the natural gasline construction brings real-world
OPINION: Unlike Louise Stutes, Heath Smith is a thoughtful, principled conservative
Heath Smith is a thoughtful conservative who wants to represent the will of the people in our part of the state and has a plan to do so without showing favoritism to any region in his
Who are Alaska’s ‘royal families’?
Like the Kennedy clan, Alaska has its own political royalty. The legacies of the Begich, Murkowski and Hickel families live on, and to a lesser degree - the
OPINION: Alaska’s ranked-choice vote created Decoy Daniel. Full stop.
In decades of closed primaries, Alaska never saw a serious decoy candidate for a major statewide office. The structure blocked it. The top-four open primary associated with ranked-choice removed that
OPINION: Alaska’s churches must proactively influence our elections
Alaska's churches should be equipped and prepared to influence all areas of life, including political
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