OPINION: Let’s expose ‘Juneau’s Mafia’ to road-system legislative sessions
If I wanted to travel from my hometown in Fairbanks to the State Capitol in Juneau, between Feb 26-March 10, to support a bill, talk to my legislators or testify in person, the cheapest rate on Alaska Airlines is $1,238 for a round trip
With aging firefighters, Anchorage needs next generation to ‘fill their boots’
With a large cohort of aging veteran firefighters, the Anchorage Fire Department needs a new generation of firefighters who are willing to
Anchorage audit flags poor fiscal oversight, shoddy records, unapproved bonuses
A newly released audit of the Municipality of Anchorage shows the city has problems when it comes to operational efficiency, budget management, financial oversight, record keeping and unauthorized
Fairbanks Assembly looks to revive proposed $33M ‘Puppy Palace’ animal shelter
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is seriously looking at reviving a plan to spend $33 million on a state of the art animal shelter that critics have dubbed the “puppy
Mat-Su superintendent peddles error-laced crusade against popular homeschool program
Mat-Su School Superintendent Randy Trani is on a mission to fundamentally alter Alaska’s increasingly popular statewide homeschool programs, which currently allow parents the freedom to choose whichever programs they believe will best serve the educational
OPINION: Heroes or cowards? What’s causing docs to ditch youth trans surgeries?
Two large medical organizations just recommended that minor children should no longer receive so-called transgender medical treatments. While the public may rejoice at this move, it is too early to celebrate the bravery of the medical community. They didn’t
CALL TO ACTION: Let’s flip the leftist Anchorage Assembly and save our dying city
Anchorage, if you want lower taxes and conservative social policies, we have a phenomenal opportunity to flip our Assembly on April 7 from a supermajority of radical leftists to a conservative majority, and we shouldn’t let it go to
BOB BIRD: Is the mighty American ‘empire’ verging on open civil war?
We get closer to an authentic civil war every day. It is unquestionably being orchestrated. So-called "Sanctuary Cities" are an example of micro-secession.
OPINION: Ranked-choice vote isn’t dishonest – but it redefines ‘consent’
RCV does not force candidates to lie. It does something subtler and, in many ways, more consequential: it penalizes clarity. Candidates who draw sharp distinctions risk early elimination, while candidates who blur differences survive
REP. MCCABE: Ranked-choice benefits the politically camouflaged
Ranked Choice Voting presents itself as reform, but it rewards political camouflage and punishes conviction. Candidates learn to soften their positions, blur the truth, and chase 2nd-and 3rd-choice preferences instead of telling voters what they actually
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