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Administrative bloat drives Alaska’s swollen education budget, deprives teachers

EducationJanuary 12, 2023

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Heritage Foundation recently released its inaugural Education Freedom Report Card for the U.S. Alaska ranked 47th in the nation for high spending, given the state’s extremely

OPINION: No! Alaska doesn’t need a constitutional amendment to protect the unborn

AbortionJanuary 11, 2023

Senate Joint Resolution 2, introduced this week by Alaska Sen. Shelley Hughes, would ask voters to make it clear that they don’t want the state paying for abortions: “To protect human life, nothing in this constitution may be construed to secure or

FDA’s broad approval of chemical abortion drug puts Alaska mothers, unborn babies at risk

AbortionJanuary 6, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced earlier this week that it is removing its requirement for mifepristone to be administered in the presence of a certified health care provider (HCP). Mifepristone, which is the first of two drugs used in

EDITORIAL: Live without the odor of apology

CultureJanuary 4, 2023

We are past the point here in Alaska and across the nation where God fearing, freedom loving citizens must firmly resolve to speak and act in accord with perennial truths, and do so without the odor of apology. This goes for parents, students,

How Anchorage’s bicycle-walking committee quietly advances radical environmentalism

CultureJanuary 4, 2023

Environmental radicalism doesn’t need to be abrupt or physically confrontational in order to be radical. Take the supposed climate change threat for example. As the New York Post highlights, the United Nations regularly warns the world about the need

Big, woke ambitions for the Anchorage Assembly’s new Equity Committee

CultureJanuary 2, 2023

From the name, many may incorrectly presume this committee shares the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, where people are judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Similarly, many may also assume the committee shares the

In a world at war, we must fight for the truth

CultureJanuary 2, 2023

The blatant lies of the mainstream media in setting the table for our cultural discourse is always in plain sight. Thus, we find snide references inserting a bias in all sorts of stories. It is so insidious and subtle that even if we notice it, we brush it

Alaska’s excessive regulations hurt students, parents, teachers, schools

EducationJanuary 2, 2023

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Heritage Foundation recently released its inaugural Education Freedom Report Card for the U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Alaska ranked 45th in the nation

Glen Biegel’s tribute to Dan Fagan’s ‘superhuman’ radio career

CultureJanuary 2, 2023

Editor’s note: Dan Fagan, a longtime conservative radio talk show host in Alaska, retired from his 20-year on-air career last Thursday. Dan Fagan. What can I say? What would you like to know about my many years with Dan as a part of my life? A couple of

High cost of living makes an Alaska income tax doubly burdensome

FeaturedDecember 30, 2022

By Jared Walczak (Tax Foundation) Alaska’s decision to forgo an individual income tax serves an important role in offsetting above-average federal income tax burdens in Alaska. At first blush, this sounds confusing. Alaskans face the same federal income tax

Opinion

Administrative bloat drives Alaska’s swollen education budget, deprives teachers

OPINION: No! Alaska doesn’t need a constitutional amendment to protect the unborn

FDA’s broad approval of chemical abortion drug puts Alaska mothers, unborn babies at risk

EDITORIAL: Live without the odor of apology

How Anchorage’s bicycle-walking committee quietly advances radical environmentalism

Big, woke ambitions for the Anchorage Assembly’s new Equity Committee

In a world at war, we must fight for the truth

Alaska’s excessive regulations hurt students, parents, teachers, schools

Glen Biegel’s tribute to Dan Fagan’s ‘superhuman’ radio career

High cost of living makes an Alaska income tax doubly burdensome

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