Alaska on cusp of underwriting all manner of transsexual surgeries
Alaska is moving forward with a plan to use state funds to pay for transgender surgeries, hormone therapy and other procedures that attempt to alter the outward appearance of gender confused residents so they appear as members of the opposite sex. According
Murkowski joins Dems in support of Trump impeachment trial
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among six Senate Republicans who broke party ranks to vote with all 50 Democrats in affirming the legality of proceeding with an impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. The 56-44 vote came Feb. 9, after a four-hour debate
No, paying the statutory PFD is not a socialist giveaway – it belongs to Alaskans
Tim Bradner, an otherwise reasonable person, made a couple outrageous statements is his recent column published in the Anchorage Daily News. It caught my eye because it questioned how good conservatives (and I count myself as one) could support a socialist
ADN’s attempt to rebut Watchman COVID story illustrates why we exist
For nearly a year now, the State of Alaska – aided by the Anchorage Daily News and the rest of Alaska’s mainstream press corps – has sounded the daily alarm on COVID case counts, death totals, infection rates, hospitalizations, hospital bed capacity,
Alaska awarded $1.3 million in opioid epidemic settlement
Alaska will receive $1,329,482 from a multistate settlement with one of the largest consulting companies – McKinsey & Company – resolving investigations into the firm’s role in assisting opioid companies to promote their drugs and profit from the
Some thoughts on those Nazi-themed Alaska license plates
Recent revelation of two personalized Alaska license plates reading “3REICH” and “FUHRER” suggest several profound problems in our culture. First the facts. Alaska’s Division of Motor Vehicles issued the two controversial plates over the past decade
Dunleavy calls for $5K PFD, gambling, homeschool support and energy independence
Gov. Mike Dunleavy said 2020 was an eye opener on many levels and should spur Alaska to change the way it approaches homeschooling, taxes, gambling and energy independence. Dunleavy’s Jan. 28 State of the State address began with a recap of how COVID has
Dunleavy: Alaskans should be empowered to choose how their kids are educated
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is highlighting the choices Alaskans have when educating children, whether that be private, public, charter, religious, online or home-schools. In observance of National School Choice Week, the governor issued a Jan. 24 proclamation in
Assemblyman may have to publicly acknowledge that Anchorage voters have a right to recall him
The upcoming Anchorage Assembly meeting might be a bit awkward for Chair Felix Rivera, for on that night he will be asked to formally acknowledge that his constituents have a lawful right to vote him out of office through a recall on April 6. A resolution to
‘We must not be enemies’
So, President Trump has been impeached yet again by the U.S. House of Representatives on a largely party line vote. He was impeached for inciting violence and insurrection by his supporters. Victor Fisher, a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention,
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