Rep. Peltola votes to count noncitizens in allotting U.S. House seats, electoral votes
Alaska’s U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola joined her Democratic colleagues in Congress in a failed attempt to block a GOP-led bill that aims to include a citizenship question on the2030 U.S. Census to ensure that noncitizens are not used in the official population
Alaska abortion data shows record low fertility, historic high for chemically-induced deaths
The number babies killed by abortion in Alaska has held steady over the past five years, averaging about 1,235 annually, but chemically induced deaths have become the leading method to kill pre-born babies. At the same time, Alaska’s overall fertility rate
Alaska GOP leaders help kill effort to strip public funding of abortion
Pro-abortion Alaska lawmakers, as well as those who pay lip service to pro-life constituents, are fine with “intent” language, so long as it has no teeth, but Hughes amendment posed a real difficulty for lawmakers who publicly profess to be
11 GOP lawmakers join Dems’ attack to boot homeschool champ from Alaska Education Board
In what conservative Alaska legislators characterized as an open “political attack” against one of the strongest champions for homeschool, charter and correspondence education, 11 Republican lawmakers joined all Democrats in the Alaska Legislature to
Gov. Dunleavy, Sen. Sullivan cite border security ‘fallout’ amid surging Alaska fentanyl deaths
While the gathering was largely focused on announcing a new educational and preventative initiative – “One Pill Can Kill” - which includes a $3.3 million effort to address opioid use and overdose at the local level, the root of the problem is at the
Alaska state senator blasts judge for wreaking ‘havoc’ on homeschoolers and lawmakers alike
The judge should have known better than to give the deliberative lawmaking branch of government such a narrow window (two-months) to address his ruling to keep the public correspondence program afloat when he took a wide window (14.5-months) to determine his
In-person vote centers open May 7-14 in mayoral election that could shape Anchorage for years
A Bronson victory would ensure a check to the liberal supermajority on the Anchorage Assembly, while a LaFrance win would consolidate power among the cultural and social
AK lawmakers to vote on Lt. Gov. successor, 81 appointees to key boards, commissions
Among the dozens of appointees, those tapped to serve on the State Board of Education have drawn heightened interest, due to the fact that this body would be responsible for developing regulations to govern the state’s homeschool allotment program for the
OPINION: Homeschool allotment battle is Gov. Dunleavy opportunity to restore the rule of law
All Dunleavy needs to proclaim is the following: “Empowered by the state constitution with the enforcement powers granted to me, I will continue to permit the reimbursement of correspondence courses for students in this state, and recommend that impeachment
Alaska Supreme Court asked to extend stay on lower court’s ruling that guts homeschool allotments
Alaska Supreme Court asked to extend stay on lower court’s ruling that guts homeschool
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