ANALYSIS: How we fund Alaska education matters more than how much we spend
Simply increasing the overall budget for education is not sufficient to improve outcomes; it is essential to target effective initiatives and expand access to options that do more with less, such as correspondence schools and charter
George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789
Editor’s note: In our modern age of aggressive secularism and revisionist history, President George Washington’s Thanksgiving proclamation - issued 234 years ago - serves as a reminder that America was founded as a nation that was both under and beholden
Alaska AG puts schools, libraries on notice regarding sexualization of minors
Alaska school districts and libraries that disseminate sexualized content, pornographic books or controversial sex-education material to minors have been officially put on notice by Attorney General Treg
Happy Thanksgiving? Alaska lawmaker says harmful ‘myth’ raises ‘complex feelings’
Alaska State Sen. Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage) sent a Thanksgiving message to her supporters that blasted the holiday for triggering historical trauma and perpetuating a “romanticized myth” about America. “This upcoming federal holiday brings with it many
Biden admin proposes rule to block foster parents who don’t support LGBTQ ideology
The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that would block families who are not on board with LGBTQ ideology from being able to care for foster children who claim to have a LGBTQ identity. Proposed by the Dept. of Health and Human Services
Sullivan joins 46 senators in demanding answers for why Biden paused firearms export licenses
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan joined 46 of his Senate colleagues last week in a signed letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo raising questions over the decision announced last month by the Bureau of Industry and Security to pause for 90 days the issuance
State of Alaska’s pro-Covid jab series paints critics as duped, science deniers
The latest installment of the Alaska’s online pro-vax series is giving health care workers strategies to deal with what they consider to be problematic parents who are skeptical about the benefits of subjecting their kids to experimental Covid
ACLU sues Mat-Su School District for ‘removal’ of sexualized library books
The ACLU of Alaska has teamed up with another hard leftist organization, Northern Justice Project, in suing the Mat-Su School District for removing several highly sexualized books from school
Amid criticism from pro-lifers, Sullivan signs letter demanding end to military abortion funding
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan was among 27 GOP senators who signed a letter demanding that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin cease the practice of paying for military members to travel to pro-abortion states to kill their unborn
Eagle River church tagged with lewd images for 3rd time in 18 months
For the third time in 18 months, St. Andrew Catholic Church in Eagle River has endured vandalism depicting large phallic symbols spray painted on the outside of the
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