Gov. Dunleavy vetoes massive education spending spree that lacks meaningful reforms
Due to the lack of meaningful reforms, Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed an education bill that would have dumped an unprecedented amount of money into Alaska’s chronically underperforming government-run
Hearing set for Alaska bill aimed at expanding protections for girls’ sports
This past fall, Alaska’s Board of Education adopted new regulations that prohibit gender-confused biological males from competing in girls’ high school sports. Now, state lawmakers are looking to codify these protections in Alaska Statute, while expanding
Concerns raised that leftist dogma will be smuggled into Alaska schools via ‘mental health’ bill
Concerns raised that leftist dogma will be smuggled into Alaska schools via ‘mental health’
OPINION: Governor plays education ‘hardball’ with AK lawmakers in effort to improve schools
Some legislators seem to be taken back by the governor’s strong stance that he will veto SB 140 if items to improve student outcomes aren’t moved through the legislative process by his veto deadline of March 14.
Alaska high court rules against warrantless aerial police spying of private citizens
Alaska law enforcement agencies do not have the right to conduct aerial surveillance of private property with high powered telephoto technology without first obtaining a search
Prayers are needed and appreciated
Posts will be a little slow in coming over the short-term. Our truly tireless editor-in-chief is currently focused entirely on being primary caretaker to his amazing wife Joy. For those of you who didn’t know and don’t realize, Joel’s wife
OPINION: Texas & Alaska: Unilateral v. Peaceful Secession – Part 2
A state can do anything it wants that is not specifically prohibited. Thus, while the scholars pretend that the Constitution is silent on secession, they want to ignore the very part of the Constitution wherein the right is actually
Alaska Walgreens’ move to sell abortion drug prompts pro-lifers to protest Soldotna store
After initially assuring the state that it would not sell the abortion pill mifepristone in its Alaska stores, Walgreens has since reversed course and is now dispensing the deadly drug to
Ketchikan woman alleges local officials retaliated against her for challenging library books
Ketchikan resident Deborah Simon has filed a formal complaint with the Alaska Attorney General’s Office against the City of Ketchikan, the Ketchikan Public Library, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School Board
OPINION: Texas & Alaska: Unilateral v. Peaceful Secession – Part 1
With the border crisis in Texas and elsewhere, talk of secession has cropped up in serious circles: presidential candidate Nikki Haley had to walk back some statements. Jim Abbott and the support Texas has received from other states to defy the federal
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