Alaska School Choice celebration offers parents alternatives to struggling public schools
To mark national school choice week, Alaska will hold a School Choice Celebration on Jan. 22, 4-7 p.m., at the Alaska Native Heritage
Amid education crisis, Alaska lowers expectations for students to be ‘proficient’
Amid education crisis, Alaska lowers expectations for students to be deemed
Bill would require Alaska schools to have trusted adults carry handguns on campuses
Bill would require Alaska schools to have trusted adults carry handguns on
Mat-Su School Board member encourages teachers to opt out of their union
Mat-Su School Board Member Kathy McCollum appears in a video posted by Alaska Policy Forum, in which she encourages teachers opt out of their
Leftist political group honors Alaska State Sens. Wilson and Tobin
Influence Watch, however, notes that while the group claims to be nonpartisan, it “is funded by left-of-center nonprofit groups and promotes many left-of-center policy goals, especially liberal expansionist immigration policy, government job training
Mat-Su eliminates off-year, low turnout elections, extends mayor and assembly to 4-year terms
An ordinance sponsored by Mat-Su Borough assembly members Rob Yundt and Dee McKee was approved on Jan. 16, eliminating off-year elections and extending the terms served from three to four years, for both borough mayor and all assembly members. This will allow
Sen. Hughes files bill to protect Alaskans from AI manipulation and election deception
Sen. Hughes files bill to protect Alaskans from AI manipulation and election
OPINION: Israel/Gaza war would end if Hamas surrender & return hostages. Why don’t they?
Over several decades, the Gaza government has been receiving billions of dollars in aid and essential resources from the West to develop their infrastructure. But instead, they invested this capital in building 350 miles of tunnels, obtained thousands of
Nearly 43,000 petition signatures turned in to overturn ranked choice voting
A grassroots movement led by more than 700 Alaskan volunteers has successfully gathered nearly 43,000 signatures, significantly exceeding the required 26,000, to propose the removal of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in
Anchorage to hold Jan. 28 March for Life to advance pro-life movement in Alaska
Pro-life advocates in Anchorage are launching a new March for Life event in an effort to advance pro-life efforts across the city and throughout
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