OPINION: Alaska’s aging patients need more choices, not less
GUEST COLUMN: By Jaimie Cavanaugh and Daryl James (Institute for Justice) Alaska hospitals have a problem: The population is aging, and older patients need more care than they can afford. The strain will increase when Alaska Regional Senior Health Clinic
School Board silences Anchorage dad for objecting to anal sex book in student libraries
The Anchorage School District has no business giving minor children books that tell them how to have anal sex and create their own online porn. This is the message that concerned father and local educational advocate, Jay McDonald, tried to relay to the
Christian youth club continues formal partnership with Anchorage library
Roughly four years ago, amid controversies swirling over Drag Queen Story Hour at Anchorage’s Loussac Library, a group of Christians began holding their own regular events to teach children about God’s love. While it’s been several years since drag
Fairbanks pro-lifers will continue protesting Walgreens’ disregard for human life
On February 4th, 2023, many of us protested Walgreens in Fairbanks. People wondered why would we protest a local pharmacy? We did so because Walgreens and CVS have agreed to sell the dangerous chemical abortion drug – mifepristone – to our Alaskan
SD Senate moves to ban ranked-choice voting, while citizen-led effort gains steam in Alaska
While leftists and Democrats across the nation are continuing to push for widespread use of ranked choice voting (RCV), the election scheme is starting to receive organized pushback. Currently approved for statewide use in both Alaska and Maine, several other
OPINION: Ways Alaska can address its ongoing workforce crisis
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum People of all ages are unprepared for the evolving job market, but Alaska can adopt policies to help learners prepare for good careers and meet the needs of the state’s economy. Alaska businesses are
OPINION: The sweet lies of organized Crime in D.C. & Juneau
Lies are believed because they taste good. The truth is detested because it is sour. We now can safely assume that the default position of citizens should be that most of what comes out of both the federal and Alaska government are sweet-tasting lies. We
Murkowski joins Dems in latest push to pass pro-abort, LGBTQ Equal Rights Amendment
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is hoping to help Democrats jump start a decades-long effort to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the U.S. Constitution. Seen by those on both the right and left as a way to enshrine abortion and gender identity into the bedrock
Pro-lifers to protest & pray on Feb. 4 outside Walgreens in Anchorage, Soldotna
Pro-life advocates in Anchorage and Soldotna are set to join nationally-coordinated efforts to protest pharmacies that have agreed to dispense chemical abortion pills. The Biden administration recently gave approval for pharmacies across the nation
Alaska’s chief justice derides those who suggest judges may be ‘activists’
In his final State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature, a visibly annoyed Chief Justice Daniel Winfree lashed out against anyone who dares to criticize the courts, or suggest that judges might be politically motivated in some
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