OPINION: ‘Righteous indignation’ erupts during Mat-Su library book challenge
This is America. We have a First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech, but we also have the right to protect our children from child predators and pedophilia-pushing grooming. The Supreme Court decision Miller vs California is clear. Obscenity is not
OPINION: Alaska judges allow prosecutors to mislead grand juries
OPINION: Alaska judges allow prosecutors to mislead grand
The thrill of being a mid-winter Alaska bird nerd
The thrill of mid-winter bird nerding in
Alaska School Choice celebration offers parents alternatives to struggling public schools
To mark national school choice week, Alaska will hold a School Choice Celebration on Jan. 22, 4-7 p.m., at the Alaska Native Heritage
Mat-Su eliminates off-year, low turnout elections, extends mayor and assembly to 4-year terms
An ordinance sponsored by Mat-Su Borough assembly members Rob Yundt and Dee McKee was approved on Jan. 16, eliminating off-year elections and extending the terms served from three to four years, for both borough mayor and all assembly members. This will allow
Nearly 43,000 petition signatures turned in to overturn ranked choice voting
A grassroots movement led by more than 700 Alaskan volunteers has successfully gathered nearly 43,000 signatures, significantly exceeding the required 26,000, to propose the removal of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in
ANALYSIS: Alaska Lawmakers must protect Grand Juries’ constitutional right to investigate government corruption
Alaska Lawmakers must protect Grand Juries' constitutional right to investigate government
UPDATE: Jan. 8 oral arguments for Alaska judge’s perjury case moved from Homer to Anchorage
In what many judicial reform advocates see as a seminal moment in their ongoing effort to root out corrupt judges and government officials, the criminal case against former Alaska District Judge Margaret Murphy will proceed to public oral arguments on Jan.
Soldotna Library drag queen story hour for kids postponed following public outcry
There will be no drag queen performances for children at the Soldotna Public Library on Jan. 6 after considerable public outcry led LGBTQ activists to indefinitely “postpone” the story hour
OPINION: On fake devotion to the Constitution
The Deep State dog-pile on Trump should be seen as an opportunity not only to salvage our voting rights, but as a way to fundamentally correct the errors that have gone on for too
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