ANALYSIS: Anchorage proposal to tax short-term rentals raises red flags
Anchorage is considering a new short-term rental tax next week. It may appear like an easy fix for housing, but it raises serious questions about fairness, effectiveness, and government
OPINION: Russian explorers forever changed Alaska Native culture
Russian officials did not wish to exterminate the aboriginal northern population, but rather, in cooperation with local Native leaders, to reform them into good and meticulous suppliers of valuable
OPINION: Alaska education lobby evades real reform with ‘Evidence-Based’ talisman
Every time Alaska’s education bureaucracy finds itself cornered by poor results, it reaches for a familiar escape hatch: “evidence-based.” It’s the talisman that turns spending requests into
OPINION: Disturbing Alaska Supreme Court hearing conceals abortion’s brutality
Planned Parenthood brilliantly - but demonically - characterized a bloody, deadly event with the use of the word "care." The language blinds people, including some of these justices, from the objective reality that abortion “care” entails killing
Abortion/LGBTQ-rights Democrat Matt Claman files for governor’s seat
As one of the most liberal members of the State Legislature, Claman has long spearheaded the effort to advance the most radical elements of the LGBTQ agenda and has doggedly defend the “right” to kill unborn babies through
Alaska House seat will be up for grabs in district representing JBER
Alaska State Rep. David Nelson (R-Anchorage) has announced that he will not seek reelection in 2026, which leaves the door open for a strong conservative candidate to take his place. It also opens the door, however, for Democrat Cliff Groh to retake the seat
Alaska AG calls out Anchorage School District’s failure to endorse U.S. Constitution flyer
Alaska Attorney Gen. Stephen Cox finds it deeply concerning that the state’s largest school district is refusing to endorse the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of
OPINION: Government ‘aid’ distorts market prices and we all burn money faster
Government distorts the marketplace when it tries to "help" people - making goods and services more expensive for everyone. College tuition assistance is a great
OPINION: New leftist playbook aims to destroy America with promise of ‘more democracy’
Every socialist from Lenin to Obama started with the promise of “more democracy” before seizing power; this report is the 2020s version of the same
Catholics celebrate Mass outside Alaska’s largest abortion center
Earlier this month, an estimated 50 people gathered outside of the Planned Parenthood center in Anchorage to celebrate an outdoor Catholic Mass in the shadow of Alaska’s largest abortion
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