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
Data centers, vaccines or Murkowski’s ‘facts’: Don’t fall for political propaganda
In the run-up to the November election, every Alaska voter is a target of propagandists. Politicians, social media, and mainstream media are feeding you deceptive information to shape your opinions to support their
OPINION: Conservative Alaska voters face extra hurdles – ask the 12K who were just cancelled
Lieutenant Governor Dahlstrom announced last Friday that none of the 11,928 votes Treg Taylor received for governor will count this year. So, if you voted for any other candidate, your vote counted, but if you were one of the conservatives who voted for
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
Tom Begich’s exit from Alaska’s governor race signals the end for ‘moderate’ Democrats
This wasn't Alaska Democrats choosing their most electable candidate. It was organized labor picking its most obedient one, and making sure nobody else could afford to compete. Tom Begich didn't lose an argument. He lost a shakedown, and he knew it well
Why some Alaska GOP candidates should quit if they were not the top Republican in the primary
The problem is that many voters simply do not rank candidates but prefer to choose just one candidate on the ballot. If their choice is eliminated in the first round, then their ballot is tossed out and no longer counted in future
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
Despite controversy, AI data centers would be a fiscal game changer for Alaska
One West Virginia county’s tax revenue from data centers is $1.3 billion, while Alaska’s unrestricted oil revenue in FY 2027 is $1.9 billion. One small county makes almost as much from data centers as our entire state does from
OPINION: Before dumping ranked-choice, Alaska conservatives must use it one last time
You can dislike Alaska's ranked-choice voting system and still know how to use it. If conservatives don't, they will lose the governor's
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