New facial scan program set for Anchorage airport, along with fees for those without REAL IDs
TSA maintains that the live facial scans are only used to verify a passengers identity – not for law enforcement purposes - and the images are deleted within 24 hours of a flight’s
OPINION: Restoring old pension plan will bankrupt AK without keeping teachers or troopers on the job
We already owe nearly $7 billion in unfunded liabilities from the old pension system - roughly $46,000 per Alaskan. Reopening it would pile billions more on future generations and threaten the Permanent Fund as the inevitable funding
Gov., D.C. delegation praise Trump for unlocking King Cove Road, natural resource development
Gov. Mike Dunleavy joined U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, along with Rep. Nick Begich in praising the Trump administration’s actions to unlock Alaska resources and honor a promise made to Native Alaskan Vietnam
Citizens tell Anchorage school board to hold teachers accountable for ‘veiled threats of violence’
A group of deeply concerned parents and citizens showed up to the Oct. 7 Anchorage School Board meeting to demand accountability for two teachers who they say have engaged in hateful and threatening rhetoric regarding President Trump and the late Charlie
Petition urges Anchorage school district to investigate teachers for ‘serious ethical violations’
A group of Anchorage parents are urging the Anchorage School District (ASD) to “immediately review serious allegations of professional misconduct and violations of ethical standards involving two educators: Roz’lyn Wyche and Heather Doncaster aka Hank Van
BOB BIRD: How the radical left threatens our Union
We are on the cusp of a true civil war, one that has quite possibly been patiently orchestrated by human and demonic
ACLU asks AK Supremes to block Mat-Su policy barring students from using opposite sex bathrooms
After losing a lower court case earlier this year, the ACLU of Alaska is now appealing to the Alaska Supreme Court to strike down a Mat-Su School District policy that blocks gender-confused students from entering bathrooms of the opposite
REP. MCCABE: To outnumber RCV cheats AK Republicans must flood the 2026 primary
The 2026 governor’s race is crowded, with more than a dozen candidates, most of them Republicans. That should be good news, but under Alaska’s rigged election system it is a danger. In the 2022 primary for governor, only 21.8% of eligible Alaskans showed
Court affirms Mat-Su policy requiring students to use bathrooms based on biological sex
Mat-Su Borough students will not be permitted to use the restrooms or locker rooms of the opposite sex, simply because they personally claim to identify as a member of that
OPINION: State media loses funding while Murkowski loses her mind
NPR and PBS have a distinctly left-wing bias. That is why Democrats in the Alaska legislature, along with liberal politicians in D.C., support public radio and television.
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