GOP sends 3 names to Gov. Dunleavy to weigh as he decides Sen. Shower’s replacement
The Alaska Republican Party has forwarded three potential candidates to fill the legislative seat vacated by State Sen. Mike Shower (R-Wasilla), who recently stepped down to campaign for the lieutenant governor’s
Anchorage election official defends vote-by-phone policy after NYT raises concerns
Anchorage’s top election official is attempting to defend the city’s novel vote-by-phone policy, after a Nov. 13 New York Times article highlighted concerns and criticisms with the controversial mobile voting
Trump nominates Alaskan for U.S. District Court Bench
President Trump has officially nominated Alaska Senior Assistant Attorney General Aaron Peterson to the U.S. District Court
AK Health Dept. mails Pfizer-funded flyers telling Alaskans to vax to avoid illness, death
The State Health Dept. is inundating Alaskans with disturbing flyers - funded by Pfizer - warning them to get shots and vaccines before its too
OPINION: Bloated design failures plague Alaska’s public education system
For years, Alaska’s education establishment has perfected the art of crying poverty while sitting atop one of the most bloated bureaucratic structures in the country. The chorus is always the same - “we need more funding” - but the song never changes:
Rep. Begich joins fellow GOP lawmakers in voting to end shutdown
Alaska Rep. Nick Begich was among the 222 U.S. Congressmen who voted on Nov. 12 to end the country’s longest-ever government shutdown. A total of 209 lawmakers voted against reopening the government, most of them
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
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
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