Alaska House passes bill reaffirming the right to use gold or silver as legal tender
The Alaska House has passed House Bill 3, which reaffirms the state’s recognition that gold and silver can be used as legal tender for debt payment. The bill aligns with the U.S. Constitution and supports the use of gold and silver specie as legal
Anchorage’s April election challenged due to ‘disenfranchisement of 36,143 voters’
A group of concerned Anchorage voters filed an official contest challenging legitimacy of the April 4 municipal election, and claiming that tens of thousands of voters were disenfranchised. “We submit this contest due to the disenfranchisement of 36,143
Alaska Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony today at 3 p.m.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety will be hosting the annual statewide Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony today, May 10, in Anchorage. The annual gathering honors the sacrifice of the 69 local, borough, state, and federal peace officers who have died in the
More Alaska teachers who want to hide students’ LGBTQ identities from parents
It’s been a few weeks since these testimonies were delivered to the Alaska Legislature, but we believe it’s important to let Alaskans know exactly which public school teachers oppose parental rights in education. Ever since Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced
‘Paradigm shift’: Juneau about to make vulnerable mail-in elections the new norm
At the May 8 Juneau Assembly meeting, an ordinance was introduced to make mail-in elections the default practice for all City and Borough elections going forward. Drafted by borough staff at the request of the Assembly, the ordinance acknowledges that it is a
OPINION: What’s next in the ongoing battle to protect girls’ sports in Alaska
The Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA) decided not to take up a vote last week to adopt a bylaw change that would have limited girls’ sports and teams to biological females. Hundreds of Alaskans emailed, signed a petition, and called in to testify
Alaskans aren’t really empowered to call a constitutional convention (Part 4)
By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is the final column in a four-part series on Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a
Biden’s attack against a Catholic candle sheds light on a much broader threat
The attack against Christianity, so obvious now for any thoughtful Christian, goes straight through the pro-lifers in Evangelical and Catholic Christianity. We have seen where evangelical ministers have dared to defy this zeitgeist, most notably in Canada and
Alaska continues paying for transgender surgeries and drugs, while other states refuse
While dozens of Republican-led states are moving decisively to restrict or prohibit irreversible transgender surgeries, cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, Alaska continues to spend public money to underwrite these devastating practices, both for adults
Alaska athletics board won’t bar gender-confused males from girls sports unless compelled by state
The Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA), which oversees high school athletic competitions in Alaska, has refused to bar gender-confused biological males from competing in girls’ sports, unless it is compelled to do so by the state. While many
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